Umar was given many chances to improve: PCB

LAHORE: The PCB strongly condemned the statements made by batsman Umar Akmal with regards to his omission from the ICC Champions Trophy squad.

An official of the PCB stated that Umar was given as many as seven chances to improve his fitness and match the standards of his teammates, laid out by the team management. He further said Umar was given a programme to improve his fitness before the West Indies tour and he was left out of the team after he failed the tests in Lahore.

The official further said the PCB wants to stress that the team trainer conducts fitness tests of squad members before each international assignment and the tests before the Champions Trophy were conducted as a continuation of the policy.

“Once again Umar failed to attain the desired level of fitness and the team management was left with no option but to drop him,” said the official.