Why Umar Akmal was not playing?

He was given a three-year cricket suspension by the PCB in April 2020 after pleading guilty to failing to disclose unethical tactics. He filed an appeal against his suspension the following month. Akmal's sentence was shortened to one and a half years in July 2020, and his suspension was extended from February 2020 to August 2021.

Is Umar Akmal related to Usman Qadir?

The international cricketer Umar Akmal, who wed his sister Noor Amna in 2014, is his brother-in-law.

Why did Umar Akmal leave Pakistan?

Umar Akmal left Pakistan to consider playing cricket in the USA. Akmal has just finished serving his suspension for violating the anti-corruption rule of the PCB.