Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has dropped a bombshell – claiming in a TV interview that he was approached with the offer of being paid $200,000 for \u2018leaving two balls alone\u2019 in the contest against arch-rivals India in the last 50-over World Cup.<\/p>\n
Akmal has even said that he gets spot-fixing offers every single time Pakistan play India, which has majorly been in ICC tournaments or the Asia Cup.<\/p>\n
According to reports, Akmal said he was made the offer in the 2015 ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand – a tournament in which Pakistan went till the quarterfinal stage.<\/p>\n
Pakistan and India were in Group B and played their only contest at the Adelaide Oval. India maintained their unbeaten run against Pakistan in the World Cup history, winning by 76 runs.<\/p>\n
Akmal faced a mere four balls and fell for a duck to left-arm orthodox Ravindra Jadeja.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had got an offer during the World Cup to leave two balls alone and they were willing to pay me $200,000 for that,\u201d Akmal said in the interview with Samaa TV.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was our first match against India in the 2015 World Cup… in fact, every match I play against India, they offer me money to make some excuse and opt out of the game. But I have told those people that I am very sincere about playing for Pakistan and to not talk to me on this topic ever again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Akmal\u2019s claim has sparked a quick action from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), who has asked the 28-year-old to explain his comments.<\/p>\n
The global cricket governing body (ICC), meanwhile, has said it wishes to speak with the cricketer urgently.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ICC is aware of a recent interview given by Umar Akmal. Whilst we note that there is no suggestion that any \u2018fix\u2019 actually took place, the ICC is reliant on players to report any corrupt approaches in a timely manner. This is critical to our efforts to gather information on potential \u2018fixers\u2019 and to disrupt and prevent their efforts to corrupt the game. As such we are taking Akmal\u2019s comments very seriously,\u201d the report quoted ICC as saying in an official statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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