"Wasted Talent": Ramiz Raja Gives Brutal Assessment Of Pakistani Batter

07.03.2023 - 12:07 sports.ndtv.com

Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Ramiz Raja showered praises on veteran Pakistan batter Umar Akmal for his explosive innings for Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) encounter against Islamabad United but also ended up calling him a “wasted talent”.

Akmal was in tremendous form as he scored 43 runs off just 14 deliveries and ended up with a superb strike rate of 307.14. His innings had two boundaries and five massive sixes.

Raja called him one of his favourite players when he started playing cricket but also lamented that he did not achieve as much as he should have. “Umar Akmal's story is a literal definition of great talent but wasted talent, unfortunately.

However, there is a lesson for all the players, if you are not disciplined and if you cannot zip your mouth while playing, then there is a larger probability that you will be at the receiving end of injustice- quite an unfortunate scenario,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan. “He was one of my favorite players when he started cricket, and we all saw a glimpse today of how much talent he carries.

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