LAHORE: Pakistan batsman Umar Akma has confessed to meeting a bookmaker.
The 29-year-old admitted in front of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption Unit that he met a bookie and received an offer from him in a private gathering
It has been learnt that the ACU came to know of Umar Akmal’s activities through mobile recording.
The right-handed batsman was suspended on Thursday morning, the same day when his team Quetta Gladiators were scheduled to face Islamabad United in the opening match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020, with immediate effect.
