Pakistan has got itself disgraced by getting knocked out of the T20 World Cup 2024 from the group stage itself. Babar Azam's team was shocked first by America and then by Team India. Pakistan's team could not recover from this humiliating defeat and now after being out of the tournament, it is being criticized everywhere. Former Pakistani players are busy counting the mistakes of the entire team including Babar Azam. Meanwhile, former wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal has been seen comparing his brother Umar Akmal with Virat Kohli. He has described his brother as better than Virat.

What did Kamran Akmal say about Kohli?

Pakistan's Umar has been eliminated from the T20 World Cup and will soon return from America. Due to the humiliation faced by the team, the Pakistan Cricket Board has talked about a major surgery after the tournament. Meanwhile, Kamran Akmal sees an opportunity to get his brother back in the team. For this, Kamran has compared his brother to Virat Kohli. He has said on Pakistani channel ARY that Umar's statistics in the T20 World Cup are better than Virat's. He just does not have a PR team to promote it.

Kami says Umar Akmal has better stats than Kohli in T20 world cups but he has no PR company pic.twitter.com/XW2Bzmriir

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Kamran Akmal said that his brother's strike rate and highest score in the T20 World Cup is higher than Virat Kohli. If Umar Akmal's statistics are placed among the current 15 players of the Pakistan team, it will be a disaster, people will say that he becomes a big player and has scored big hundreds. However, Kamran also said that Umar Akmal is not even equal to his little finger in front of Kohli's performance in international matches.

Umar Akmal vs Virat Kohli

To know how much truth is there in the claim made by Kamran Akmal about his brother, it is very important to look at the statistics of both. Umar Akmal has played 18 innings in the T20 World Cup, in which he has scored 486 runs at a strike rate of 132 and an average of 34. On the other hand, Virat Kohli has scored 1146 runs in 28 innings at an average of 67 and a strike rate of 130. This clearly shows that Umar is nowhere in front of Virat. Yes, he is just slightly ahead in strike rate. Apart from this, Virat has the most Player of the Match awards (7) in the T20 World Cup, while Umar Akmal has been able to achieve it only twice. Virat's highest score in this tournament is 89. Umar is slightly ahead in this matter, his highest score is 94.