5 International cricket stars who faded away from limelight
In the initial phase of their careers, they performed incredibly but later their performances showed a huge plunge.
1. Umar Akmal
Umar Akmal kicked off his career for Pakistan in 2009, making his debut in all forms of the sport in the year. The right-handed batter grabbed a lot of eyeballs in a few years and became an essential name for his team. In 2011, he also became the third-leading run-scorer for Pakistan.
Akmal played consistently for Pakistan for eight years. Ahead of the 2017 Champions Trophy, he also got removed from the squad due to fitness issues. Following this incident, he also got dropped for almost two years. Ahead of the 2019 World Cup, he played five ODIs for Pakistan but got left out of the team for the marquee ODI event held in England.
In October 2019, selectors picked up Akmal for a three-match T20 International (T20I) series against Sri Lanka at home, but he couldn’t open his account with the bat in the two games he got. The Lahore-born cricketer also got banned in 2020 for one and a half years for failing to report corrupt approaches made to him ahead of the 2020 edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
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