India vs Pakistan: Umar Akmal complains to Imran Khan about his batting slot, earns PCB wrath

“I am very angry with Umar’s behavior. Whenever he meets with a former great, he ends up talking about having his batting order changed. My heart says that for his behavior Umar should be sat out in the next match,” Ramiz said on Geo News channel.

What the hell is wrong with UAkmal walking up to Imran & asking him to promote his case to the team Mngmt for no 3 spot.He had no business!

— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) 19 March 2016

It was learnt that when Imran dropped in to meet the Pakistan players for a pep talk before the crucial game against India on Saturday, Umar took the opportunity to ask him to tell the captain (Shahid Afridi) to send him to bat in the top order.

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TV channels showed footage of Umar talking about it to Imran and the former great than turning around and telling someone that Umar should be sent to bat up the order.

Ramiz said that he was disappointed that Umar complained to Imran knowing well they were television cameras around them.

“Teams are never selected in such manner,” the former captain lamented.

A reliable source in the Pakistan Cricket Board told PTI that Chairman Shaharyar Khan, who is present in Kolkata, had not taken kindly to Umar’s antics and had spoken to the team management about the incident in front of cameras.

Umar has a history of disciplinary problems and has been in the past been censured or fined several times by the board for his behavior.

Ramiz also supported the decision to invite Imran for a pep talk.

“Before the 1992 World Cup final also, Imran had invited Sir Viv Richards to our dressing room. But the purpose of his visit was not give us technical or tactical advice but just give us a motivational speech,” Ramiz recalled.