Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar felt Umar Akmal, who has received a ban of three years for his failure to report a corrupt approach, has always attracted controversy ever since his international debut in 2009. In his latest video on Youtube, Shoaib said that Umar ruined his own career and has only himself to blame.

Akhtar explained, “Umar Akmal does something every 6 months that he gets caught. He keeps on getting caught in something or the other and he keeps on doing wrong things. In 8-10 years if Virat Kohli has scored 30-40 centuries and Umar has scored just 3 then it is only his fault. He has ruined his own career.”

Referring to Pakistan Cricket Board as ‘useless’ and ‘incompetent’, former pacer blamed it board for failing to handle the match-fixing problem properly.

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He explained, “But is his punishment justified? Let me tell you PCB’s legal department is completely useless and incompetent. Fazal Rizvi in particular, I don’t know where he has come from. He has good connections and has been in the PCB for the past 10-15 years. There hasn’t been a single case that he has lost.”

Akhtar also slammed the board for legalizing online betting for Pakistan Super League, when the law and constitution is strictly against it. 

Lashing out at the board, Shoaib said, “When PCB made online betting legal for the Pakistan Super League, what was the PCB thinking then? When our law and constitution don’t allow betting then how did the PCB overlook this thing?” 

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Akmal has also faced criticism from former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja, who feels the cricketer should be put behind bars.