Umar Akmal has cleared the air amid the controversy surrounding his recent post about Babar Azam, where he compared his own stats with those of the under-fire Pakistan batter.

Pakistan batter Babar Azam's poor run of form continued in the T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 match on Tuesday in Pallekele.

The player also placed the blame for the current state of the Pakistan cricket team squarely on Babar Azam's shoulders.

After Pakistan crashed out of their party, reports have started to point towards the conclusion of Aaqib Javed's brief run as interim head coach.

Babar Azam has been accused of showing favouritism and bias while picking the Pakistan team during his time as captain.

Akmal narrated the incident in context of Kohli's poor form at the T20 World Cup 2024, which he came back from to win India the final vs South Africa.

For the record, Virat 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.

Out-of-sort Pakistan batter Umar Akmal flaunted his abs on social media amid criticism of certain players over their poor fitness standards.

Kamran Akmal isn't happy with the way his brother Umar Akmal is being treated. A fuming Kamran, hence, has asked Pakistan skipper Babar Azam to keep his 'personal agendas' aside.

Saturday turned out to be a memorable day in Pakistan Super League as the fans got to witness the first hattrick of the eighth season