Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal was all reward concerning the Indian cricketing set-up and claimed the nation’s inclination in direction of Test cricket because the rise behind the game.
Akmal additionally felt that a lot of the Indian legends, aside from MS Dhoni, retired taking part in Test cricket, which showcases the crew’s imaginative and prescient in direction of the normal type of the game.
Akmal in a video, which was just lately launched on his YouTube channel stated: “India have not compromised on their red-ball cricket. At school level, India have two-day, three-day cricket. Today, they have a pool of 50 players because Indian cricket has given a lot of importance to Test cricket.”
“Among all the legends of Indian cricket, besides MS Dhoni, nobody has retired after taking part in white-ball cricket. All the others performed a Test match as their final one. That provides us an important thought of their imaginative and prescient: learn how to construct a crew, how to usher in gamers into the Indian set-up,” the 39-year-old added.
Dhoni shocked the cricketing world when he hung his boots from Test cricket in December 2014 after India’s draw towards Australia to focus extra on limited-over cricket.
After India’s semi-final exit from the ICC World Cup in 2019, Dhoni saved himself away from the game, and whereas cricket took a sudden halt on account of COVID-19 pandemic, the legendary wicketkeeper-batsman logged out from worldwide cricket with an emotional put up on Instagram.
Akmal additionally took the instance of Suryakumar Yadav, who made his worldwide debut in India’s final worldwide fixture towards England at house, and went on to elucidate how red-ball cricket helped the Mumbai Indians batsman to make an influence proper from the phrase go.
“Their white-ball or List A players, when they enter the international scene, they have already played 40 to 50 games. Take the example of Suryakumar Yadav, who recently made his India debut after a long wait. Most of these players have a minimum domestic experience of four to five years. When they come into the Indian team, they are already mature enough.”
Akmal, who will return to motion within the Pakistan Super League whereas that includes for Peshawar Zalmi, additionally hailed former India crickter’s contribution in direction of the event of the game.
“The mindset of Indian cricket is commendable. Look at all the Indian legends from the 90s – from Rahul Dravid to Anil Kumble to VVS Laxman – all of them are involved in Indian cricket in some way or the other. That is helping the new generation. And this not just for IPL; they keep an eye on domestic cricket as well, be it Virender Sehwag or Yuvraj Singh. They (India) haven’t changed their (brand of) cricket, but they have elevated their existing level,” stated the Pakistan cricketer.
