Did PCB ruin Umar Akmal's career by forcing him to keep wickets?

[minamino]

I think PCB ruined his career by forcing him to become a wicketkeeper when he was not a natural keeper unlike Kami. They just turned him into keeper because he had Akmal blood. He was a handy bowler at U19 level, who knows he could have become a handy bowler like Root in international cricket and during all that his form dipped as well

 

[sweep_shot]

I don't think so.

He was just mentally really weak and was nothing special with the bat. There were many other better batsmen in Pakistan than him.

 

[cricket.mad]

Some of you guys fascination with U Akmal never ends !!

 

[sweep_shot]

Some of you guys fascination with U Akmal never ends !!

Big time!

Umar Akmal should be forgotten now. He is from the past era and everyone should move on.

 

[Savak]

Cannot remember the last time he played a knock of any note. Since 2013-14, he has gone completely downhill

 

[aloo paratha]

Umar Akmal ruined Umar Akmal. No two ways about it.

 

[angrypathan]

No, they actually gave him a second chance at salvaging a career by asking him to take up the gloves

 

[Indiafan]

I will compare this with KL Rahul. He was an opener but is made to come down the order. He was made into a part time keeper now. Immensely talented but not handled well. Yet he has worked hard to succeed and scored in whatever position he played

International cricket is not anyone's right. Millions dream of a chance. You have to make the best of the chances you get. You are lucky to even get so many chances and earn millions from what you played in international and now from PSL. After this if you dont make the most of it, it's on you

 

[Kashmirilion]

Umar Akmal ruined Umar Akmal. No two ways about it.

Came here to say this!

 

[gazza619]

With all the support Umar Akmal had, it is a shame he couldnt secure his place even in the ordinary Pakistani batting line up. With a brother like Kami and a cousin like Boby, he should have been a star.

 

[dhump]

Umar Akmal ruins Umar Akmal like no one can even imagine in thousands of years. He went downhill from day 1 of his international career he started at high and then just keep on going down and down exactly starting from "backpain-gate" because my older brother is dropped.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Ooh another Umar Akmal thread. How the world needed this.

 

[uberkoen]

Agreed. Umar Akmal had nothing to do with it at all. It's all the PCB's fault.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Another thread trying to justify how PCB destroyed Umer Akmal's career.

 

[Slog]

Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad are never the ones at fault for any mishap or failure in their careers.

 

[theariezman]

Umar Akmal was given 2 chances during SL tour and he was completely failed.

 

[Mercurial]

He is not even worth discussing anymore.