Umar Akmal decides to leave National T20 Cup to play in US

According to details, Umer Akmal has signed a contract with Northern Cricket California Association. He scored 0, 14, 7, 16, and 29 in National T20 Cup for his team Central Punjab.

“There are a few others who were banned with bigger charges but given extraordinary support to make a comeback. The system was never fair to Akmal. There were blatant compromises made to select a few players with poor fitness, but the benchmark was made tighter for him to make sure keep him out,” a family source said.

Renowned cricketer Umar Akmal has always been surrounded by controversy many times in his career but he got his 18-month ban for breaching PCB’s anti-corruption, however, the suspension was reduced later to 6 months following the verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).

The PCB charged Umar for 2 breaches of Article 2.4.4 of its Anti-Corruption Code in 2 unrelated incidents in February 2021 ahead of the PSL.

Umar Akmal is a Pakistani cricketer who played for Pakistan national cricket team between 2009 and 2019. He has been banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board for not disclosing offers related to spot-fixing.

Akmal made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 1 August 2009 against Sri Lanka, his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on 12 August 2009 against Sri Lanka, and made his Test debut against New Zealand on 23 November 2009.