
According to reports, the T20 captain has also contacted Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Selector Haroon Rasheed and requested him to include Umar in the team once the report declares him innocent.
PCB suspends Umar Akmal, Saeed Ajmal’s contracts
A police report deciding the fate of Umar will be presented in a day or two to the PCB.
Umar was dropped from the T20 side after reports emerged that he was taken into police custody at a dance party in Hyderabad.
Umar Akmal is innocent until proven guilty: Basit Ali
Earlier, former Pakistan middle-order batsman Basit Ali had defended Umar, saying the latter was innocent until proven guilty.
“It was Umar Waheed who is a tape-ball player. He was caught, not Umar Akmal,” said Basit, who is also the junior selection committee head, while talking to the Express News on November 13.
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