Sources also hint that Umar Akmal was indulged in immoral deeds in Hyderabad, where he was representing domestic side.
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Umar Akmal has been omitted from Pakistan’s Twenty20 squad to face England, but veteran batsman Rafatullah Mohmand is in contention for an global debut nearly two decades on from his maiden first-class appearance.
Pakistan’s middle order batsman Umar Akmal dropped from the team as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday issued show cause notice to him for violating the PCB’s code of conduct by attending dance party, Capital TV reported.
The PCB didn’t elaborate what Akmal did, and chief selector Haroon Rashid said Akmal was issued a show cause notice and dropped on the instructions of the PCB.
The incident also cost the 25-year-old batsman a place in Pakistan’s T20 squad for the series against England in the UAE. Meanwhile Imad Wasim has been conditionally announced as part of the team however he will have to undergo a fitness test. If he failed to prove fitness Bilal Asif will be inducted in team.
The second T20 is on 27 November, and the third three days later.
Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (captain), Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Riffatullah Mohmand, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Imran Khan Junior, Mohammad Irfan, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Amir Yamin, Imad Wasim (subject to fitness).
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Iftikhar Ahmed has been named as the 16th member of the ODI squad to fill in the slot that fell vacant following Younis Khan’s retirement.
