Devdiscourse: Call for Akmal on match fixing comments, PCB seeks explanation

In this file photo, Pakistan's Umar Akmal pads up he takes part in a training session ahead of the World T20 cricket tournament match at The Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium in Kolkata on March 13, 2016. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP)

June 25: Devdiscourse states that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is to seek an explanation from wicketkeeper Umar Akmal after he said in a television interview that he had been approached to fix matches. The PCB's anti-corruption unit has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday after Akmal, who has made 116 ODI appearances, told a local channel that he had been offered $200,000 to "leave two balls alone" in a World Cup match against India in 2015.

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