Adnan Akmal called in national squad

LAHORE: Adnan Akmal, the elder brother of Umar Akmal and younger brother of Kamran Akmal, has been called into national cricket team after wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider went England, abandoning Pakistan’s turned UAE tour of South Africa, Geo News reported Tuesday.

According to sources, team management asked national team’s selectors for replacement of Zualqarnain Haider, following which Adnan Akmal has been given green signal to join Pakistan team in Dubai.

Adnan Akmal was busy in Rawalpidin playing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament. PCB has directed him to immediately report in Lahore

He may be awarded Test cap in first Test match against South Africa to be played in Dubai.

It is worth mentioning that Zulqarnain Haider said he received threatening SMS from unknown sender, asking him to fix Pak-SA matches otherwise he was warned to be ready for dire consequences.

Upon this, he would rather opt to flee to UK where he has also applied for asylum.