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Former Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal has reminisced about an incident where Virat Kohli was backed heavily by former India captain MS Dhoni despite his poor form. Akmal narrated the incident in the context of Kohli’s poor form at the T20 World Cup 2024. After scoring just 75 runs all tournament, Kohli came back with vengeance in the T20 World Cup final, scoring a 59-ball 76 against South Africa, as India lifted the trophy for the second time. Kohli also announced his T20I retirement after the game.

Speaking to Pakistan-based news channel Geo News on their show ‘Haarna Mana Hay‘, Akmal spoke of an incident from Pakistan’s tour of India in 2012-13. Akmal said that Dhoni had refused to play upon being asked to be dropped from the squad.

“I was having dinner with MS Dhoni in 2013. Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh and Shoaib Malik were also present. Virat Kohli was going through a similar phase. The Team India manager walked up to Dhoni and asked him to drop Virat Kohli from the final ODI of the series,” recalled Akmal.

“Dhoni replied saying, ‘I haven’t gone home for six months. Why don’t you book my tickets too along with Virat’s?’ Then the manager allowed him to play whoever he wanted,” continued Akmal.

Dhoni’s sharp response to the question of dropping Kohli had left the Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman shocked. Akmal said that Dhoni had a simple reason.

“Virat is our best batter. Why should we drop him if he fails for 3-4 games?” Akmal recalled Dhoni telling him.

Akmal’s incident gives further proof of the bond shared by MS Dhoni and Kohli. Dhoni would hand over Test match captaincy to Kohli less than two years later.

Kohli won his first T20 World Cup title on Saturday, the first since the inaugural 2007 edition when Dhoni had guided a young Indian team to their maiden title.

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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has caught the attention of fans on social media with his latest comments on India batter maestro Virat Kohli. Comparing Kohli to his brother Umar Akmal, Kamran said that the out-of-favour Pakistan batter has better stats than the former India skipper, as far as the T20 World Cup is concerned. Kamran, who has been accused of his involvement in spot fixing, also took at dig at Kohli, saying unlike the Indian great, Umar does not have PR companies to share his stats and performances.

“Mujhe stats kal aaye hain. Mein baat kar raha hu Umar ki (I have received the stats yesterday, I am talking about Umar). World Cup matches in T20s, Umar and Virat Kohli’s. Umar is like Virat Kohli’s little finger, (compared to) the performance and stature of Virat Kohli, the kind of player he is. (But Umar has) Better strike rate than Virat Kohli, runs as well (in T20 World Cups),” Kamran said on ARY News.

“Hamari koi PR company nahi hai. We don’t spread our stats on social media. If these stats (of Umar) were part of these 15 players (Pakistan’s T20 World Cup squad), is waqt tak tabahi aa jani thi (it would have created mayhem),” the former stumper added, and went on to highlight Kohli’s 80 international tons.

For the record, Kohli is the leading run-scorer in the history of the T20 World Cup and holds several records in the shortest format of the game.

Umar, on the other hand, has not played for Pakistan in over five years, having last featured in an T20I against Sri Lanka in October 2019.

However, Umar recently became the talk of the town on social media. He decided to flaunt his abs on social media, showcasing his fitness standards, silencing those who feel he is out of the team due to poor physical health.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan cricket team crashed out of the T20 World Cup on Friday, even without playing their last group match against Ireland.

USA and India progressed to the Super 8 stage from Pakistan’s group.

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