AFTER DROPPING some crucial catches in the world Cup 2011 and letting Pakistan face one of its worst defeats, Pakistani wicket keeper Kamran Akmal was dropped from the upcoming Pakistan's tour of West Indies in the T20 and ODI format.
Ross Taylor whose catch was dropped by Akmal in the league match of World Cup 2011 twice had given Shoiab Akhtar and Abdul Razzaq thrashing of life time, where they were hit 30 plus runs in an over at the end of the inning. From that moment the match from Pakistan’s side flew to New Zealand's corner, resulting in one of the worst losses for Pakistan.
Kamran Akmal was under the scrutiny by the selectors throughout the entire world cup matches, where he was in news for some sloppy catches dropped by him and irresponsible wicket keeping.
Sloppy work with gloves has given his critics license to kill and they didn’t miss any opportunity as they took the privilege to axe him from the upcoming series against West Indies.
Akmal is not the only person who was shown the door from the squad. Fellow mate Abdul Razzaq was also dropped from the squad where as senior players like Umar Gul and Younis Khan have been rested. Shahid Afridi will continue as the captain and team will feature new wicketkeeper, Mohammad Salman.
Squad for the test team is yet to be announced and it is expected that Umar Gul and Younis Khan will make their come back in the squad for test team.
The tour will start off with a warm-up game from April 18, while the only Twenty20 will be played on April 21 in St Lucia. The five-match ODI series will begin on April 23, and the Test series is scheduled to commence from May 12.
Squad: Shahid Afridi (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Taufeeq Umar, Usman Salahuddin, Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Tanvir Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Hammad Azam, Aizaz Cheema and Mohammad Salman (wk).
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