Out-of-favour Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal urged younger brother Umar to learn how to conduct himself on and off the cricket field from the Indian stalwarts like MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Sachin Tendulkar, who are ambassadors of the game. Umar recently got banned for three years by the PCB for his involvement in spot-fixing.

During a chat on the Youtube Channel Cow Corner Chronicles, Kamran said, “My advice for Umar is that he has to learn. If he has made a mistake, he must learn from others. There are many distractions in life. But he must learn from say, Virat Kohli. In the early days of IPL Virat was different and then he changed his attitude and approach. Look how he has turned into the world’s number one batsman. Then there is our own Babar Azam who is now in the top three in the world.”

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He further elaborated, “Then there are other examples like Dhoni. Look at the way he led his team. Then Sachin paaji who was always away from controversies. We should observe and learn from them. They only looked at the sport. Off the ground, their behaviour was impeccable with their fans and they are fine ambassadors for the sport. We can only benefit from their examples. All this benefits our country as well just from looking at these guys, especially the current lot of Kohli, Babar Azam, and Abid Ali.”

Earlier, Umar was banned for three years for his failure to report a corrupt approach by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Tweeting about the same, PCB wrote: “Umar Akmal handed a three-year ban from all cricket by Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel Mr Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan.”

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Former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja, who was hurt by Umar’s actions, said the cricketer should be jailed.