Kamran Akmal's Favourite Six Hitter Is An Indian Cricketer

Updated - 09 Feb 2020, 06:20 PM

Kamran Akmal
Kamran Akmal (Credits: Twitter)

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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has revealed his favourite six-hitter in international cricket. To the surprise of many, his favourite six-hitter is an Indian cricketer. It’s none other than the hitman of India, Rohit Sharma. Rohit is the explosive Indian opener who is famous for his six-hitting abilities.

Rohit is a ferocious opener for India and bowlers all across the globe fear him for his aggressive batting style. He has been one India’s most improved and important cricketers in recent times, and is the backbone of the Indian batting line up along with captain Virat Kohli.

The prominent batsman Rohit has a lot of fans across the globe and the newly added member to the list is Pakistan’s out-of-favour wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran.

Kamran Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mickey Arthur, Pakistan
Kamran Akmal is known for his aggressive batting PC: Getty Images.

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Kamran Akmal Reveals His Favourite Six-Hitter

Kamran Akmal has picked Rohit as the batsman with the best six-hitting abilities during a recent Q&A session on Twitter.

Akmal while responding to a question from a user said that when it comes to six-hitting, he finds Rohit ahead of any of his compatriots.

This has come as a surprise to many fans as he chose someone from their arch-rivals. Rohit leads the T20I six-hitting tally in international cricket.

Rohit Sharma, New Zealand vs India 2020,
Rohit Sharma (Credits – Twitter)

Rohit has hit 127 sixes in T20Is and is followed by New Zealand openers Martin Guptill (109) and Colin Munro (107).

The star opener is currently out of action from Team India. He picked a calf injury in the final T20I of the five-match series and was unavailable for the ODIs. His absence had a huge impact on the Men in Blue as they lost two consecutive ODIs and eventually the series against the Kiwis.

The loss has come as a shock to the Indian team as they completely demolished the Black Caps in the T20Is.

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