Kamran Akmal

Yup!

Way too much pressure on him in ODIs.

They are putting way too much pressure on Akmal by making him open the inning and keep wicket.

Ofcourse it is going to affect Akmal's health and performance in the long-term. Asking him to open the innings in both forms of the game and keep wicket is asking a bit too much. He should be opening in ODIs but certainly not in Tests. He had to open in Pakistan's second inning of the second test because Malik wasn't there. Hopefully, he won't have to open again. If Pakistan put too much pressure on him right now, he will be able to take it, but as he ages, it will end his career early.

i think he has already earned the respect of quite a few people already

Well he looks comfortable in both the middle order and opening recently. I think he should open he batting though. Maybe not 10-12 years but I think if he can perform consistantly in the next 6-7 years he will earn a lot of respect

I know asking him to perform like this for another 10-12 years is a big ask, but if he can do it, then he will earn even more respect than Gilchrist.

True, but he can't be ranked as good as Gilcrhist just yet. He needs to perform like this for another 10-12 years, and then he will get respect.

Surely it's too much to ask him to open and keep wicket in both forms of the game?

farhat has been playing well and has feilded well aswell so i think he should come opening with butt

mohammad hafeez is similar to malik but not as aggresive can be at times

possibly TANZ. i think there's nothing wrong with his timing etc but it's just his shot selection. he's still young so time's on his side. i say imran farhat to open with salman butt in the next test.

any opinions?

I know, dont know what happened to him this series. I think he scored his first ODI century against India, but this time he got starts but wasn't consisent!

Kamran Akmal has impressed me.

He keeps so long and still comes and opens the inning...and scores a half century.

he played a fine knock today kamran

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