The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) through a press release on Friday intensely refused the hasty statements made by batsman Umar Akmal with regards to his exclusion from the ICC Champions Trophy squad.
“While making frivolous allegations against the national team management, Umar has made a bogus attempt to deviate attention from his own failings. Umar was given as many as seven chances to improve his fitness and match the standards of his teammates, laid out by the team management,” the press release stated.
PCB claims that Umar was given ample time to improve his fitness and prove himself but he failed to meet the selection committees requirements. As a result, he had to be excluded from the team.
While awaiting Umar’s response to the show cause issued to him yesterday, the PCB management hoped that the batsman will abstain from making baseless accusations.
