Kamran Akmal eager to get selected for India tour ? Cricket News Update
Pakistani wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal has expressed the intent to perform well in the upcoming limited-overs series against Australia, and the subsequent ICC World Twenty20, in order to ensure his selection for the short series Pakistan is due to play in India against the Men in Blue this December.
?I am looking forward towards doing well against the Australians and the World T20 championship as it ensures selection in the squad for the India series. I would love to come to India again,? Akmal said.
The 30-year-old, who is recently playing for Wayamba United in the ongoing Sri Lanka Premier League, was included in Pakistan?s squad for the upcoming 3 ODIs and 3 T20s the team is scheduled to play against Australia in the UAE, from August 28 to September 10.
The event marks Akmal?s first appearance for the side since the ICC World Cup in 2011, after which allegations of underperformance and rumours of corruption kept him out of the side.
However, he was cleared this July by the Pakistan Cricket Board?s integrity committee of all charges, and welcomed back to the side after a string of experiments with different wicketkeeping batsmen for the team resulted in failures.
Following the series against Australia, Pakistan will be gearing up for the ICC World Twenty20, due to take place in Sri Lanka this September, for which Akmal has also been roped into the squad. While the right-hander admitted that the team was well-prepared, he was hesitant to make any concrete statements regarding the upcoming mega event, claiming T20 is an ?unpredictable format?.
?We are well prepared. Many of the players in Pakistan squad are playing in SLPL and so we are in good touch in this format,? he said. ?As a cricketer we want to win every match and the trophy. But T20 is a tough and unpredictable format. Whoever plays better on a given day will win and so I am not predicting anything.?
If Akmal, a veteran of 53 Tests and 137 ODIs, manages to impress, he may be selected for Pakistan?s short series in India during December ? the first matches the two teams will be playing against each other since 2007.
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