Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batsman Umar Akmal upon his return to the country announced that he was fit to play despite reports stating otherwise.
Akmal told reporters at the Lahore airport that he would be meeting the acting Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi and all facts would be revealed soon. “I have brought my medical reports and will show them to the chairman. I will hold a press conference and clear the situation.”
The PCB has pulled the 23 year old batsman from the squad set to tour Zimbabwe and that he had been called back from the West Indies for fitness problems.
“Umar has immediately been called back,” a PCB statement said. “He will undergo a complete medical examination to reassess the level of his fitness, meanwhile the national selection committee has proposed the name of Sarfraz as his replacement for Pakistan one-day and T20 squads for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe.”
Meanwhile a relative of Akmal also told the media that the batsman had suffered a seizure during a flight to Jamaica and spent a night in hospital.
Umar had been playing for Barbados Tridents in the ongoing Caribbean League after Pakistan’s recent tour to the West Indies.
An official of the PCB sad that he (Umer) has been asked to appear before the medical team of the PCB for fitness test. “His selection and future course depends of the fitness report of the medical team of the PCB,” he maintained
