No Akmal in Pakistan Squad for the first time in 10 years, for ICC events

Mickey Arthur and Inzamam ul Haq had already broken stereotypes, like dropping Ahmed Shehzad for 2 straight years, dropping Shahid Afridi, now they striked once again and dropped the one and only Umar Akmal from the CT squad. This is also Mickey Arthur’s first ICC tournament coaching Pakistan Cricket Team.
List of ICC tournaments played by the Akmal’s
ICC World Cup 2007: Kamran Akmal
ICC World T20 2007: Kamran Akmal
ICC World T20 2009: Kamran Akmal
ICC Champions Trophy 2009: Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal
ICC World T20 2010: Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal
ICC World Cup 2011: Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal
ICC World T20 2012: Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal
ICC Champions Trophy 2013: Kamran Akmal
ICC World T20 2014: Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal
ICC World Cup 2015: Umar Akmal
ICC World T20 2016: Umar Akmal
ICC Champions Trophy 2017: No Akmal Mafia.
Umar Akmal was included in Ct 2017’s squad and also he traveled to England for the tournament, but due to his lack of fitness and disciplinary issues, he was dropped from the squad, with Haris Sohail as replacement.
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