Umar Akmal gets relief, ban reduced from 3 years to 18 months

Umar Akmal gets relief

On Monday, former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd) Fakir Muhammad Khokhar reserved his order on the appeal of Omar Akmal after hearing arguments from both sides as independent advocates. After this, he gave his decision on Wednesday.

Earlier on April 27, Justice (retd) Fazal-e-Meeran Chauhan, chairman of the disciplinary panel, convicted Omar Akmal for three years after he was found guilty of breaching Article 2.4.4 of the PCB's Anti-Corruption Code in two separate incidents. Was banned for At the same time, until this order is made public, the Pakistan Cricket Board will not comment on it.

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Let us tell you that Umar Akmal was imposed a three-year ban in April this year after he was found guilty of violating the Anti-Corruption Code. He was banned for three years from all formats of cricket on behalf of Justice (Retd) Fazal-e-Meeran Chauhan, chairman of the disciplinary panel. He was charged in February under two counts under Section 2.4.4 of the Board's Anti-Corruption Code. Both cases were related to Pakistan's T20 League PSL.

At the same time, 29-year-old Akmal had said during an interview that he was offered US $ 2 lakh by the fixer for dropping two balls in a match. He also claimed that he was offered money to leave the match against India. The Pakistan batsman also told that he was contacted by the fixers during the 2015 ICC World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

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Umar Akmal has played 16 Tests, 121 ODIs and 84 T20 Internationals for Pakistan so far. He has 1003 runs in Tests, 3194 in ODIs and 1690 runs in T20 International. He made his international debut for Pakistan in 2009.