Shoaib Akhtar lashes out at 'incompetent' PCB for being lenient on Umar Akmal

Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal was recently handed a 3-year ban by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after being charged for breaching Article 2.4.4 of ir Anti-Corruption code. cricketer failed to disclose corruption approaches made towards him. PCB committee stated that Umar Akmal had violated PCB's code of conduct on two occasions.

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Umar Akmal banned: Shoaib Akhtar slams PCB

Former Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar recently slammed PCB for ir lenient approach towards Umar Akmal. Taking to his YouTube channel, Shoaib Akhtar questioned PCB’s tactics and questioned governing body for t criminalising match-fixing altoger. He stated that by criminalising match-fixing, board will be instilling fear in minds of cricketers for t cheating ir country ever. He emphasised on urgency of same and even described PCB and ir legal team as “incompetent”.

Akhtar was also severe on PCB's decision for bringing back Mohammad Amir, who was banned for 5 years in 2010 for spot fixing in England. Amir did make a comeback to Pakistan team, but is w retired from Test cricket, which has clearly irked former pacer.

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Umar Akmal banned: Umar Akmal memes

Umar Akmal, younger bror of Kamran Akmal, has also been on a receiving end of mockery on social media for many years. Umar Akmal memes have been a constant feature and since anuncement of cricketer’s three-year suspension, netizens unite once again to make funny remarks towards cricketer. Here, we take a look at some of popular ‘Umar Akmal memes’ currently trending on social media.

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Shoaib Akhtar on Virender Sehwag

Apart from slamming PCB and Umar Akmal, Shoaib Akhtar also took a dig at former Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag. Akhtar said that his ex-teammate Imran Nazir possessed more talent than Indian at top of order. However, he later said that Virender Sehwag excelled in international cricket because of his cricketing brain.

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