Kamran Akmal vs IND: Earlier bilateral series were played between India and Pakistan, but later they were discontinued due to poor relations between the two countries. The last bilateral series was played between the two in 2012-13. After this ODI series, both the teams have come face to face in Asia Cup or ICC tournaments only. Pakistani wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal has always been a problem for India. Akmal has announced his retirement from international cricket. He often played good innings against India.
Akmal won the series in Karachi Test in 2006
A series of three Test matches was played between India and Pakistan in 2005-06. The first two matches of this series ended in a draw. On the other hand, in the third match, Kamran Akmal won the match for his team through a brilliant performance and got the series named after Pakistan. In this Test match played in Karachi in 2006, Irfan Pathan had put Pakistan on the backfoot by taking a hat-trick in the very first over. Pathan had walked Salman Butt, Yunus Khan and Mohammad Yusuf on the last three balls of his over.
Even after this the team could not recover and Pakistan had lost 6 wickets for just 39 runs. After this, Kamran Akmal, who came to bat at number eight, had once again put the team in a strong position by scoring 113 runs in 148 balls. Apart from Akmal, Abdul Razzaq and Shoaib Akhtar played innings of 45-45 runs. Due to the contribution of all three, Pakistan had put 245 runs on the board in the first innings.
Akmal became ‘Man of the Match’
In this match, Pakistan won by 341 runs. With this victory, Pakistan also won the series 1-0. In this match, Kamran Akmal was awarded the ‘Man of the Match’ for his brilliant innings.
Kamran Akmal’s figures against India are like this
Kamrana Akmal has scored 746 runs in 19 innings of 11 Test matches against the Indian team at an average of 43.88. In this, he has scored 4 centuries and 2 half-centuries. Apart from this, he has scored 422 runs in 24 innings of 27 ODIs against India at an average of 20.09. In this, he has scored a half-century. While playing a total of 6 T20 International matches against India, he has scored just 34 runs.
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