Umar Akmal has been asked to rest. PHOTO: FILE / AFP
Akmal was part of the Barbados Tridents team in the Twenty20 league of West Indies.
He was on a flight to Jamaica when he fainted from a seizure.
The league's hectic schedule, with consecutive day-and-night matches held one after the other, may have exacerbated his condition
Specialists have asked the cricketer to take time to recover.
PCB officials immediately recalled the cricketer, naming wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed as a replacement for the upcoming One-day Internationals (ODIs) and T-20 matches against Zimbabwe.
Pakistan began their five-day training camp on August 12, for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe looking to continue the winning momentum that started with their limited series triumph in the Caribbean.
They will play two Tests, as many Twenty20s and three One-Day Internationals (ODI) as part of the tour that will start later this month.
Pakistan opener Imran Farhat withdrew from the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe on Tuesday citing ‘domestic issues’ as a reason.
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So out of our 2 batters (Misbah and Akmal), one is gone. Now pakistan in a danger of loosing to zimbabwe as well if Misbah gets out early. I don't know who made our best batsman a keeper.
ESPNcricinfo said he fainted in the WI, for reasons not yet known but believed to be a seizure.
@Mia: So what? He was excellent, MashaAllah, against the Windies. @Sindhi: So you would rather have Kamran Akmal, would you? Or Sarfaraz Ahmed or maybe you have another candidate? PLEASE people, be content with the team for once!
@Sindhi: Umer Aksm is the best batsman-wicketkeeper choice we have right now.
Good replacement and decision by selectors.
His keeping is pathetic..........u cannot teach keeping at this age.............
@mia.
Oh please! He had a fantastic series against the windies. And international cricket is all that counts. Hopefully he can recover quickly and become a permenant wk/batsmen for Pakistan.
WOW, amazing replacement "SARFRAZ AHMAD" Poor Choice!
Really no great loss. The man had a poor to miserable outing in CPL.