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Former Pakistan bat fighter Zulqarnain Haider blamed Umar Akmal for his disappearance during an ODI series against South Africa in 2010, saying the tainted player threatened him for not conspiring with him to lose a match.
Zulqarnain claimed that he was forced to leave his team’s Dubai hotel and fly to London in mysterious circumstances after receiving threatening messages from his then-teammate Umar and a few others after he refused to underperform in the third. international day of the same series
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“I remember telling him to just do his job and bring the drinks. But later he (Umar) and some others directly threatened me and kept bothering me so much that I felt under psychological pressure and fear and flew to London without informing anyone, “he said in an interview.
Zulqarnain’s promising career ended after that episode in November 2010.
He said the three-year ban on Umar for failing to reveal point-setting approaches is too lenient.
“He has been involved in shady business and not only deserves a lifetime ban, even his property and assets must be confiscated,” Zulqarnain said on Saturday.
Zulqarnain, now 34, had applied for asylum in London after leaving the team hotel in Dubai without informing management.
The wicketkeeper, who scored 88 runs in the only test he played at Birmingham in 2010 in place of Kamran Akmal, said he had reported on the Umar affair by telling him not to yield to management.
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“But the threats and pressure were too much for me and I left. I also received threats from some unknown people underperforming, ”he said.
Zulqarnain returned to Lahore in 2011 with the assurances of then Interior Minister Rehman Malik, but has been unable to resurrect his cricket career.
Then-Pakistan team manager Intikhab Alam had described Zulqarnain as a young man with mental problems.
