Pakistan’s axed wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal launched a scathing attack on the team management, accusing it of making his brother Umar Akmal a 'sacrificial goat' for the national side's flop at the World Cup.

Umar made just 164 at 27.33 from seven World Cup matches and was dropped from all three formats for Pakistan's upcoming tour of Bangladesh. But Kamran, who has played alongside his brother in the national team, said Umar's career was being “destroyed” for non-cricketing reasons.

“Umar has always put the cause of the team ahead of any personal comfort. If there were any [disciplinary] issues then coach and team management need to guide youngsters and help them understand that they have done something wrong.

“Discarding them like is not a smart option and it does not reflect well on part of the team management. Good teams can only be built by managing players properly,” the 33-year-old axed Kamran said in an interview to PakPassion.

“Umar needs to be stopped being used as a sacrificial goat.”

“To his [Umar’s] credit, he has willingly compromised for the sake of the team without any complaints. This is not how good players are made. On the contrary, this is how you destroy good players.”

Kamran added that if Umar had done something wrong then he should be taken to task “as there should be no two ways when it comes to discipline.”

“From what I understand, it's not just him as even Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad's names were supposedly mentioned in the team management's report as well.

“Regardless of the offence, such stern punishment should not have been meted out to these players as this can seriously mess them up,” he said.

Kamran, who last featured for Pakistan in a Test in 2010, believed the team management should have played Sarfraz Ahmed throughout the World Cup and in this way the 24-year-old Umar would have concentrated more on his batting.

“In the past, Umar was encouraged to do well. Now it seems that whenever there is experimentation required with the line-up, he is used as a sacrificial goat by shifting him up or down the order or even discarded as pleased by the management,” the 33-year-old said.

Kamran said with veterans Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan approaching the end of their careers, the team management should have encouraged Umar to take a senior’s role.

“With the grace of God, he will have at least 10 to 15 years of international cricket ahead of him and I am sure he will do his best and make a comeback in the team. I have no doubt about his talent.

“What the management needs to do now is to make sure that they don't destroy his confidence and treat him properly so that he can serve the country to the best of his ability for many years to come,” Kamran said.

Pakistan will begin its series against Bangladesh with the first of three one-day internationals on April 17.

The two teams will also play a Twenty20 and two Tests.