Former Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal has cleared the air over his Instagram publish relating to Babar Azam.
Akmal took to X (Twitter) to concern his clarification after the publish went viral and was termed a mocking one.
I need to make clear that my goal was by no means to match myself with Babar Azam. He’s presently one of many high batters on the earth, and I’ve nice respect for his achievements. My intention was solely to spotlight that he’s not naturally a middle-order batter in T20 cricket, as that… pic.twitter.com/Agn6l8LVeq
— Umar Akmal (@Umar96Akmal) February 27, 2026
“I need to make clear that my goal was by no means to match myself with Babar Azam. He’s presently one of many high batters on the earth, and I’ve nice respect for his achievements. My intention was solely to spotlight that he’s not naturally a middle-order batter in T20 cricket, as that place doesn’t totally go well with his batting model. There was no comparability — only a level about function suitability within the format,” Umar Akmal wrote on his X account.
It was only a fan repost and was not intentionally edited in any approach, he added.
The timing of the publish is important, with Pakistan’s semi-final hopes hanging within the stability.
Pakistan had been crushed by England within the Tremendous Eights, whereas their match in opposition to New Zealand was washed out as a result of rain. In consequence, Pakistan presently sits on one level, with New Zealand on three.
Pakistan’s qualification state of affairs is now clear. If New Zealand loses to England, Pakistan can nonetheless attain the semi-finals by defeating Sri Lanka by an enormous margin and ending forward on internet run price.
