Pakistan’s Wasim Akram praises his cricket statue amid social media flak | Cricket News

Former captain says ‘it’s the idea that matters’ after his newly erected statue in Hyderabad goes viral.

Legendary Pakistan cricketer Wasim Akram has saluted the “effort” of the artist who created a statue of him that has spawned scorn on social media for being far from the player’s actual features.

“Lots of talk about my sculpture being erected at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad. Mine is definitely better than the tiger,” he said in a post on X on Thursday.

“It’s the idea that…