Kolkata: Veteran Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal is geared up to make a comeback to the national team after almost two-and-a-half years, having made a flurry of runs in domestic cricket.
Akmal met chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq on Sunday in Karachi, and sources said that the wicketkeeper-batsman was asked about his fitness by the selectors.
The source also said Akmal had met the chief selector to shed light on a report that was attributed to him lately, in which he said that he would request to the chief patron of the cricket board, prime minister Nawaz Sharif to give him justice and make sure he gets a chance to play for Pakistan again. In that interview he was also quoted discussing about a possible legal remedy.
“Kamran, who last played in April, 2014 for Pakistan, is set to earn a recall for the one-day series in Australia in January,” a source told PTI. “He has clarified his position with the chief selector and assured him he had not said those things and was misquoted,” the source added.
Akmal, who has by now hit five centuries in the first class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, is currently batting on 27 in the day and night final at the national stadium with a rest day on Monday because of Rabiul Awal.
When contacted, Akmal said he told the selectors that he realised that Sarfaraz Ahmed had been performing extraordinarily well as a wicketkeeper-batsman in all three formats of the game.
A veteran of 53 Tests, 154 ODIs and 54 T20 Internationals with 11 hundreds in Tests and ODIs, Akmal has an amazing form in domestic cricket and has hit five centuries since 1 October when the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy started.
“I told them I am ready to be given a chance as a specialist batsman as my form is very good and I am very confident of doing well if given a chance to make a comeback to international cricket,” Akmal said. He added, “I am keen to make it six if possible when the final resumes on Tuesday.”
(with inputs from PTI and NDTV)