The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) honoured some of their remarkable cricketers at the PCB Awards on Wednesday for their spectacular performance on the field.
While a plethora of cricketers received awards across different categories, Kamran Akmal’s receiving the best wicket-keeper award in the domestic cricket has turned him into a butt of many jokes on Twitter.
Recently, Akmal’s performance behind the stumps remained. Some called him ‘Butterfingers’ while some called him as the worst ‘wicket-keeper.’
Here’re some of the reactions:
The PCB awards were held on August 8 to honour their cricketers for their achievements in domestic and international cricket in the 2017-18 season.
28-year-old left-handed batsman Fakhar Zaman received a cash prize of PKR 2.5 million and bagged a special award for his outstanding double-ton in the fourth ODI against Zimbabwe.
Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed, was awarded the Imtiaz Ahmed Spirit Award and PKR 1 million cash prize, who led the team to win the champions trophy in 2017.
Muhammad Abbas, who bagged 27 wickets last year, won the award for the ‘Best Test Player’, while Hasan Ali won the ‘Best ODI Player’ award.
In women’s cricket, former captain Sana Mir was awarded the Best ODI Player for her 259 runs and 21 wickets.
Here’s the complete list of winners from PCB Awards 2018:
Best Test Player of the Year (Men): Mohammad Abbas, bowler (27 Wickets), Rs 0.6 million
Best ODI Player of the Year (Men): Hasan Ali, bowler (33 Wickets), Rs. 0.6 million
Best ODI Player (Women): Sana Mir (259 runs & 21 wickets), Rs. 0.6 million
Best T20 Player of the Year (Men): Babar Azam, batsman (489 runs), Rs. 0.6 million
Best T20 Player (Women): Javeria Khan, batswoman (173 runs), Rs. 0.6 million
Best emerging player (Men): Faheem Ashraf, Rs. 0.6 million
Best batsman domestic (Men): Shan Masood, (1857 runs), Rs. 0.5 million
Best Batswoman domestic (Women): Javeria Khan (356 runs), Rs. 0.5 million
Best Bowler Domestic (Men): Aizaz Cheema (78 wickets), Rs. 0.5 million
Best Bowler Domestic (Women): Diana Baig (18 wickets), Rs. 0.5 million
Best Wicketkeeper Domestic (Men): Kamran Akmal (54 victims), Rs. 0.5 million
Best Wicket Keeper (Women): Sidra Nawaz (27 victims), Rs. 0.5 million
Best Player of the Year (Blind): Amir Ishfaq, Rs. 0.5 million
Best Player of the Year (Deaf & Dumb): Muhammad Naveed Qamar, Rs. 0.5 million
Best Player of the Year (Disable): Nihaar Alam, Rs. 0.5 million
Best Umpire of the Year: Muhammad Asif Yaqoob, Rs. 0.3 million
Best Coach of Year: Sajjad Akber (LCCA), Rs. 0.3 million
Best Referee of the Year: Mohammad Anees (Lahore) Rs. 0.3 million
Best Scorer of the Year: Azhar Hussain (Lahore) Rs. 0.2 million
Best Curator of the Year: Riaz Ahmed (Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium), Rs. 0.2 million