Pakistan Wicket keeping job still a suspense

Kamran Akmal poor show in Sydney test and PCB senseless quick decision of sending Sarfraz to Australia put captain and team management in trouble as they still consider Kamran Akmal as no. 1 choice for keeping. Kamran Akmal previous performance has been ignored, Pcb thinks that he was the main culprit in losing the Sydney test while the other factors are being ignored by the decision maker who sent Sarfraz to Australia. Now it is a real suspense that who will do the job in third test at Hobart.

Earlier, it was being said that young wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed will ‘participate’ in the final Test here as a replacement for Kamran Akmal.

The News quoted sources as saying that the tour selection committee will have a ‘debate’ on the issue before taking a final decision on it within the next couple of days.

Kamran, it seemed, was out of the final Test after he dropped four easy catches besides squandering a run-out opportunity in the second Test.

His pathetic show behind the stumps was seen as the biggest reason behind Pakistan’s 36-run defeat that came after the tourists had taken a 206-run lead against the Aussies.

Just a day later, the PCB issued a press release from its headquarters in Lahore saying that Sarfraz will be rushed to Australia where he will participate in the third Test starting at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart from January 14.

Sarfraz, 20, is scheduled to join the national team here on Sunday.

Now, it seems that the team management is having second thoughts.

Sources said Kamran has a lot of influence within the team and most of the players want him to play the third Test instead of Sarfraz.

Kamran himself has also shown his desire to feature in the Hobart Test, saying that he would do his best not to repeat the mistakes of Sydney in the future.

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