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"If I perform well, no one talks about it and instead they talk about my personal life" : Umar Akmal
Umar Akmal speaking in a TV interview:
"If I am not in the selectors' plan I don't mind, I have more cricket in me, I will keep performing insha'Allah and if Allah wills, I will make them select me again"
"I don't want to dwell on the past, I want to look ahead, I have a lot of cricket left in me"
"I have remained out of the team for a long time. All the senior players who I've played with who come on the TV and say things, I would like to say to them that I've played cricket with them and I also know about them A to Z. Every player has respect, don't damage that respect. Criticise, I have no problem with that, but don't hit my personal life"
"I am fond of music, I don't hide it from anyone. I have said it in many interviews, my family knows where I go and what I do, if my family doesn't have any problem with it then no one else should"
"I am known for my cricket, if I perform well then no one talks about it and instead they talk about my personal life. So my request is to talk about the cricket, don't damage my personal life"
"How have I done injustice to myself? I am compared to Virat, masha'Allah he is a big player. Can you tell me was he ever made to bat at #6? I want to do what is best for the team and I will keep on doing that"
"Going to a concert is not a bad thing, many people go there. I was supposed to go to a concert today but I instead stayed here to fulfil my obligations to this channel"
"If I put a video, I wasn't scared about it being on social media or on TV. People talk that Umar likes being in the news but that is wrong. In the last 2 years, I haven't gone on the media"
"After cricket, I go and enjoy my music, I watch movies, when the time for namaz comes then I pray. This is my life. I don't know why my personal life is highlighted so much. And masha'Allah our senior players are the ones who highlight it a lot. Did they not do these things in their youth? Did they never listen to music?"
Regarding al-Jazeera story "I have kept the Pakistan team above myself, I will never let down the name of the Pakistan team. If such a thing ever happens, I will leave cricket and I will also leave Pakistan, I would never do anything to let the team down"
"I give time to myself as a cricket professional, then to my family then to my few friends. I keep myself fresh and I listen to my music whilst travelling"
"I was given an important role for QG, in the first few games I was top scorer and then Moin bhai and Sarfaraz came to me and said we want to include a batsman, we don't have a middle order. I did a show of being a team man there and said that they should do whatever is best for the team, if the team wins the title that will be the best succcess for everyone"
"Quetta's management in comparison to LQ is very professional, QG gave a lot of focus to local players and we were told that if the local players perform, we will win matches and the title so we were focused on performing for Quetta and winning the matches for the team"
Umar Akmal speaking in a TV interview:
"If I am not in the selectors' plan I don't mind, I have more cricket in me, I will keep performing insha'Allah and if Allah wills, I will make them select me again"
"I don't want to dwell on the past, I want to look ahead, I have a lot of cricket left in me"
"I have remained out of the team for a long time. All the senior players who I've played with who come on the TV and say things, I would like to say to them that I've played cricket with them and I also know about them A to Z. Every player has respect, don't damage that respect. Criticise, I have no problem with that, but don't hit my personal life"
"I am fond of music, I don't hide it from anyone. I have said it in many interviews, my family knows where I go and what I do, if my family doesn't have any problem with it then no one else should"
"I am known for my cricket, if I perform well then no one talks about it and instead they talk about my personal life. So my request is to talk about the cricket, don't damage my personal life"
"How have I done injustice to myself? I am compared to Virat, masha'Allah he is a big player. Can you tell me was he ever made to bat at #6? I want to do what is best for the team and I will keep on doing that"
"Going to a concert is not a bad thing, many people go there. I was supposed to go to a concert today but I instead stayed here to fulfil my obligations to this channel"
"If I put a video, I wasn't scared about it being on social media or on TV. People talk that Umar likes being in the news but that is wrong. In the last 2 years, I haven't gone on the media"
"After cricket, I go and enjoy my music, I watch movies, when the time for namaz comes then I pray. This is my life. I don't know why my personal life is highlighted so much. And masha'Allah our senior players are the ones who highlight it a lot. Did they not do these things in their youth? Did they never listen to music?"
Regarding al-Jazeera story "I have kept the Pakistan team above myself, I will never let down the name of the Pakistan team. If such a thing ever happens, I will leave cricket and I will also leave Pakistan, I would never do anything to let the team down"
"I give time to myself as a cricket professional, then to my family then to my few friends. I keep myself fresh and I listen to my music whilst travelling"
"I was given an important role for QG, in the first few games I was top scorer and then Moin bhai and Sarfaraz came to me and said we want to include a batsman, we don't have a middle order. I did a show of being a team man there and said that they should do whatever is best for the team, if the team wins the title that will be the best succcess for everyone"
"Quetta's management in comparison to LQ is very professional, QG gave a lot of focus to local players and we were told that if the local players perform, we will win matches and the title so we were focused on performing for Quetta and winning the matches for the team"
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