ISLAMABAD – Umar Akmal has come forward and made some shocking revelationsabout the former head coach Waqar Younis.
The dejected Umar claims that Waqar Younis threatened to expel him from thenational team if he refused to keep wickets in the Test matches.
This astonishing allegation was made during the final of the Pakistan Cupon Sunday, where his team Khyber Pakhtunkhwa suffered a 5-wicket defeatagainst Federal Areas.
Talking about the Pakistan cricket team, I accept that I refused to performwicketkeeping duties in Test matches. However, I did [keep] in limitedovers cricket for three [to] four years.
There our coach back then Waqar Younis told me to [keep] in Test matches,but I refused because we had a series ahead in Dubai, where Misbah ul Haq[the then skipper] used to play three spinners and one fast bowler.
I remember his [Waqar Younis] words, ‘I will see who will allow you to playcricket in the future’, to which I pleaded that I want to play for mycountry.
This is not the first time Umar Akmal has involved himself in a controversyas previously, he was in a constant word-war with Pakistan’s current headcoach, Micky Arthur, who questioned his fitness and his ability to deliveron his potential.