Kamran Akmal Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	Kami
Profession(s)	• Cricketer (Wicket-keeper Batsman) • Cricket administrator
Physical Stats & More
Height	5' 6" (168 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark brown
Hair Colour	Black
Cricket
International Debut	ODI- On 23 November 2002 against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo Test- On 9 November 2002 against Zimbabwe in Harare T20- On 28 August 2006 against England in Bristol
Last Match	ODI- On 11 April 2017 vs West Indies at Providence Test- On 26 August 2010 against England in Lord's Cricket Ground, London T20- On 2 April 2017 vs West Indies at Port of Spain
Retirement	7 February 2023
Jersey Number	#23, later #158 (Pakistan)
Domestic/State Team(s)	First-Class/List-A/T20 • Lahore City Whites Under-19 (1996-1997) • Combined Under-19 XI (1996-1997) • Lahore City Blues Under-19 (1997-1999) • Lahore City (1997-1999) • National Bank of Pakistan (1998-2016) • Lahore City Blues (1999-2000) • Lahore Tigers (2000-2001) • Lahore Panthers (2000-2001) • Pakistan Cricket Board XI (2000-2001) • Lahore Whites (2000-2005) • Lahore Blues (2000-2018) • Lahore (2003-2004) • City Nazim XI (2003-2004) • Pakistan XI (2004-2006) • Lahore Eagles (2004-2014) • Pakistan Masters (2005) • Bradman XI (2005-2006) • Lahore Lions (2005-2015) • Punjab (2006-2019) • Asian Cricket Council XI (2007) • Punjab Stallions (2008-2009) • Imtiaz Ahmed's XI (2008-2009) • Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman's XI (2009) • Wayamba United (2012) • Pakistan Cricket Board Blues (2012-2013) • Pakistan Cricket Board Greens (2012-2013) • Lahore Shalimar (2012-2013) • Rising Stars Chuis (2013) • Federal United (2014-2015) • Multan (2015-2016) • Islamabad (2016) • Mis Ainak Knights (2016) • Water and Power Development Authority (2016-2019) • Federal Areas (2018) • Central Punjab (2019-2022) Indian Premier League (IPL) • Rajasthan Royals (RR) (2008) Club Cricket • Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club (2011-2012) Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) • Sylhet Royals (2011-2012) • Chittagong Vikings (2015-2016) Superstars T20 League • Sharjah Royal Challengers Superstars (2014) Caribbean Premier League (CPL) • Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel (2015) • St Lucia Stars (2017) Pakistan Super League (PSL) • Peshawar Zalmi (2015-2022) Abu Dhabi T10 League • Maratha Arabians (2017-2019) Hong Kong Twenty20 Blitz • HKI United (2017-2018) Global T20 Canada League • Toronto Nationals (2018) Qatar T10 League • Swift Gallopers (2019-2020) Kashmir Premier League (KPL) • Kotli Lions (2021) Legends League Cricket Masters • Asia Lions (2021-2022) US Masters T10 League • New York Warriors (2023)
Coach/Mentor	Jameel Afzal Butt
Batting Style	Right-handed
Batting Stats	Runs • Test He played 53 matches in which he scored 2648 runs in 92 innings with an average of 30.79 and strike rate of 63.10; his highest score was 158 not out. He scored 6 centuries, and 12 half centuries, and he hit 372 fours and 14 sixes. He faced 4196 balls. He remained not out 6 times and has 14 ducks to his name. • ODI He played 157 matches in which he scored 3236 runs in 138 innings with an average of 26.09 and strike rate of 83.94; his highest score was 124. He scored 5 centuries and 10 half centuries, and he hit 378 fours and 37 sixes. He faced 3855 balls. He remained not out 14 times and has 10 ducks to his name. • T20I He played 58 matches in which he scored 987 runs in 53 innings with an average of 21 and strike rate of 119.63; his highest score was 73. He did not score any century but has 5 half centuries to his name, and he hit 100 fours and 31 sixes. He faced 3855 balls. He remained not out 6 times and has 7 ducks to his name.
Bowling Style	Right-arm medium
Favourite Shot	Pull Shot
Fielding Stats	• Test He took 184 catches and did 22 stumpings in 99 innings of 53 matches. The maximum catches taken by him in a match were 5. • ODI He took 157 catches and did 31 stumpings in 154 innings of 157 matches. The maximum catches taken by him in a match were 4. • T20I He took 28 catches and did 32 stumpings in 154 innings of 157 matches. His best fielding performance was 4 stumpings in a match.
Records	• Highest 6th wicket partnership for Pakistan in tests (269 runs against England in November 2005 with Mohammad Yousuf) • Highest 4th wicket partnership for Pakistan in ODIs (198 runs not out against Australia on 3 May 2009 with Misbah-ul-Haq)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	13 January 1982 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	42 Years
Birthplace	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Signature
Nationality	Pakistani
Hometown	Lahore
School	Beaconhouse Main Campus, Multan
Educational Qualification	High school
Religion	Islam
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobbies	• Travelling • Swimming
Controversies	Fight with Gautam Gambhir On 19 June 2010, while playing against India in 2010 Asia Cup, he got into a fight with Gautam Gambhir. Later, he clarified that during the match, Gambhir yelled an abusive word which was not directed towards anyone but Akmal thought that Gambhir was abusing him, hence he confronted him. They later had a heated argument before the on-field umpires separated them. Fight with Ishant Sharma On 25 December 2012, while playing against India in a T20I match in Bangalore, he got into a fight with the Indian bowler Ishant Sharma who was bowling 18th over of the innings. Akmal later clarified that while bowling, Sharma used an abusive word towards him, and Akmal replied with many abusive words. They started having a verbal fight with each other on pitch before MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina separated the players. Sharma was fined 15% match fees while Akmal was fined 5% match fees by the match referee Roshan Mahanama. Insulting remarks about Sikhs After Pakistan's loss to India in the 2024 T20 World Cup on 9 June 2024, Kamran Akmal was present with other cricketers during a panel discussion on ARY News. He made a statement that the over should not be given to Arshdeep Singh who was a Sikh player as the clock showed the local time was 12 noon. His statement was a reference to a controversial joke which is often associated with Sikhs. Later, Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh criticized Akmal for his comments and said that Sikhs saved several people when invaders attacked them. Singh later called Akmal a Nalayak (worthless) person. Akmal later issued a formal apology on Twitter to Harbhajan Singh and Sikh community all around the world.
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	17 September 2006
Family
Wife/Spouse	Aaiza Ilyas
Children	Son- 1 • Ayaan Akmal Daughter(s)- 2 • Laiba Akmal (elder) • Alishba Akmal
Parents	Father- Mohammad Akmal Siddique (cricket administrator) Mother- (died on 14 December 2018)
Siblings	Brother(s)- 6 • Adnan Akmal (younger, 5th overall, cricketer) • Umar Akmal (youngest, cricketer) Sister- 1 Note: He is 4th among 7 brothers.
Other Relatives	Sister-in-law(s)- • Noor Amna (Umar Akmal's wife) • Zunash Adnan (Adnan Akmal's wife) Cousin- Babar Azam (cricketer) Father-in-law- Mohammad Ilyas
Favourites
Cricketer(s)	Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar Younis, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Rashid Latif, Shahid Afridi
Food	Mutton Biryani
Actress	Mehwish Hayat
Indian Premier League (IPL) Team	Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kamran Akmal

• Kamran Akmal liked playing cricket since childhood. He also liked flying kites when he was young.

• He started playing tape-ball cricket with his friends in his locality. He later started helping his father at his welding shop before he was selected for the Pakistan Under-15 team.

• He later played for various age-group teams of Pakistan such as Pakistan Under-15 in 1996 and Pakistan Under-19 in 1997.
  

  Kamran Akmal (top row, extreme left) with the squad of Pakistan Under-15 in 1996

• In March 2005, while playing in a test match against India at Mohali, he came in to bat at 8th position in the second innings and scored the first century of his test career which helped Pakistan draw the match.
  

  Kamran Akmal and Abdul Razzaq (sitting) during the Mohali test when Akmal scored his first test century

• On 19 January 2005, he hit his first ODI century with 124 runs against West Indies at Brisbane. This is also his highest ODI score.

• In the 2007 ODI World Cup held in West Indies, he scored 42 runs in 3 matches at an average of 14 and strike rate of 56.76. He also took 3 catches and did 2 stumpings.
  

  Kamran Akmal batting against West Indies in the 2007 ODI World Cup

• In the 2007 T20I World Cup held in West Indies, he scored 42 runs in 3 matches at an average of 14.67 and strike rate of 112.82. He also took 3 catches and did 2 stumpings. He got out on a duck in the final against India.
  

  Kamran Akmal during 2007 T20I World Cup

• Rajasthan Royals (RR) acquired him for his base price of $150 thousand for the 2008 Indian Premier League (IPL) season.

• Akmal scored 128 runs in 6 matches in the maiden season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008. He scored 6 runs in the final, helping Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeat Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
  

  Kamran Akmal during 2008 IPL season

• He has not played in the IPL since 2009 due to the protests against Pakistani players after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

• In February 2009, he made his highest test score with 158 runs not out against Sri Lanka at Karachi.

• In the 2009 T20I World Cup held in West Indies, he scored 188 runs in 7 matches at an average of 26.86 and strike rate of 125.33. He took 1 catch and did 7 stumpings.
  

  Kamran Akmal (bottom row, extreme right) after winning the 2009 T20I World Cup

• In the second test of the 2009-2010 series against Australia, he dropped 4 catches in the second innings of Australia. Between September and November 2010, he was investigated by the International Cricket Committee (ICC) for the spot-fixing charges but was later cleared.

• In the semi-final of the 2011 ODI World Cup held in India, he did the stumping dismissal of Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, and Zaheer Khan and scored 19 runs in 21 deliveries. Pakistan lost the match and was eliminated from the tournament.
  

  Kamran Akmal during wicketkeeping while Sachin Tendulkar was batting in the 2011 ODI World Cup semi-final in Mohali

• Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel acquired him for $30,000 for the 2015 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season. In the 2017 CPL auction, he was acquired for $15,000 by St. Lucia Stars.
  

  Kamran Akmal playing in the 2015 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season

• In the first Pakistan Super League (PSL) season in 2016, Peshawar Zalmi acquired him in the diamond category with $70,000.
  

  Kamran Akmal playing in a Pakistan Super League (PSL) match

• On 24 November 2017, during the 2017-2018 National T20 Cup, he scored 150 runs in 71 balls for Lahore Whites against Islamabad. He became the first batsman to score 150 runs in a T20 format of the game and hit most sixes in a domestic T20 match in Pakistan.

• In the semi-final of the 2017 PSL season against Karachi Kings, he made his first PSL hundred (his first T20 century) with 104 runs in 65 balls at a strike rate of 160 which included 6 fours and 7 sixes.
  

  Kamran Akmal after scoring his first PSL century

• In the 2016–17 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he scored 1035 runs and became the highest run-scorer in the tournament.
  

  Kamran Akmal (left) during a match of the 2016–17 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

• When PCB gave him the best domestic wicketkeeper award in 2018, many people made fun of him by calling him ‘butterfingers’ or ‘the worst wicketkeeper.’

• When Akmal retired, he had the most PSL centuries (3) which was later equalised by Usman Khan who also had 3 hundreds till 2024.

• In the first season of the reality show The Ultimate Muqabla in 2022 which aired on ARY Digital, he was featured as a participant along with many Pakistani players such as Imad Wasim, Azam Khan, and Saeed Ajmal.
  

  Kamran Akmal (top row, extreme right) during an episode of The Ultimate Muqabla

• In January 2023, he became the chief of a selection committee for the domestic age-group team including Under-13, Under-16, and Under-19 regional and district teams. In February 2023, he became a member of the national selection committee led by Haroon Rasheed.

• In February 2023, he withdrew his name from selection committees as he had a contract with a private TV channel for the 2023 PSL season.

• In February 2023, he was appointed as the batting mentor for the PSL franchise Peshawar Zalmi.

• He has been trolled by fans on various occasions for his poor English. In 2020, when a fan asked him why people make fun of his English, he tweeted that it was fine as English was not his native language.
  

  Kamran Akmal’s tweet about people who make fun of his English

• Akmal said in an interview that Bilal Ashraf or Imran Ashraf could portray him in a biographical film based on his life.