Ramiz Raja called Umar Akmal an ‘Idiot’

Ramiz Raja, former Test cricketer of Pakistan termed Umar Akmal an ‘Idiot’ and urged the authorities to devise a law against match-fixing.

Ramiz Raja took to Twitter and expressed that he was in favor of putting cricketers involved in match-fixing behind the bars.

Ramiz Raja reacted on PCB’s decision to ban Akmal for 3 years from all formats of the game under the Anti-Corruption Code.

So Umar Akmal officially makes it to the list of idiots! Banned for 3 years. What a waste of a talent! It’s high time that Pakistan moved towards passing a legislative law against match fixing. Behind bars is where such jack asses belong! Otherwise brave for more!!

— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) April 27, 2020

“So, Umar Akmal officially makes it to the list of idiots! Banned for 3 years. What a waste of talent! It’s high time that Pakistan moved towards passing a legislative law against match-fixing. Behind bars is where such jack asses belong! Otherwise brave for more,” Ramiz Raja wrote.

Umar Akmal had been banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Disciplinary Committee from all forms of cricket on corruption charges for three years.

According to ICC anti-corruption code 2.4.4 and 2.4.5, players are bound to report all the corrupt approaches made to them during any event and failure of doing so carry a minimum punishment of five years.

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