Wasim Akram calls out Kamran Ghulam's large family during Pakistan vs Australia discussion; Vaughan's comment sparks outrage

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Ghulam, a 29-year-old professional cricket player, hails from a large family of 11 brothers and four sisters. However, despite the size of his family, the comments made by Akram, Gilchrist, and Vaughan on the matter were deemed to be in poor taste. Here is a summary of their conversation.

Wasim Akram: "Kamran Ghulam, comes from a big family, he is the 11th of 12 brothers and 4 sisters. Yup."

Michael Vaughan: "16 Kids. Wow! What's the age gap, that's of interest."

Adam Gilchrist: "Pakistan selection committee"

Kamran Ghulam's sensational debut

Ghulam made headlines earlier this month, when making his Test debut, he scored a cracking century against England in the second Test at Multan. Replacing Babar Azam in the Playing XI, Ghulam struck 118 in the first innings, setting the platform for Pakistan's 152-run win over Ben Stokes' England. He hit 11 fours and a six during his 224-ball stay. He subsequently earned his maiden ODI call-up for the Australia ODIs. Earlier, Ghulam had made noise in the Champions One-Day Cup, where he was teammates with captain Mohammad Rizwan at Markhors.

Ghulam, however, didn't have an outing to remember on his ODI debut. He was snuffed out for 5 by Australia skipper Pat Cummins as Pakistan find themselves in a crisis, being six down for 118. Babar and captain Rizwan, with 37 and 44 respectively, put up the only two respective individual scores of the batting order, with Australia deploying as many as eight bowlers to roll their arms over.

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