New Delhi: Umar Akmal once again found himself embroiled in yet another controversy after the Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman reportedly misbehaved with excise police officers.
According to reports in Pakistani media, the 26-year-old was heading to the National Cricket Academy when he was stopped by the officers of Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department as part of their drive to weed out illegal number plates.
When the officials stopped his car, Akmal started misbehaving with the police, said excise department Region C director Muhammad Asif. However, the cricketer challenged that the police misbehaved with him.
Another brawl, Guess who??
Its @Umar96Akmal again...@FawadMustasa @nadeemraza5 @irshadaajnews pic.twitter.com/EeqKWj1zVy— Akber Ali (@AkberAli1214) March 2, 2017
“We don’t discriminate when it comes to stopping cars with fancy number plates, we have also stopped cars of many MPAs,” Asif was quoted as saying by geo.tv.
“We respect him but he should set an example of how citizens should behave,” said Asif. “Previously, he misbehaved with traffic police and now excise department,” he added.
In 2014, the Lahore Qalandar cricketer was charged for a brawl with a traffic police at Firdous. In the same year, he was involved in a fight with a gatekeeper at the Gaddafi stadium who denied him an entry in his car.
Last year, he was dropped from Pakistan’s tour of England after former coach Waqar Younis made complaints about his behaviour.
After making his international debut in an ODI match against Pakistan in 2009, Akmal has played 116 matches, scoring 3044 runs with two hundreds.
Regarded as one of the flamboyant batsmen in Pakistan, he has so featured in 82 Twenty20 Internationals, scoring 1690 runs.
He also played 16 Test matches, scoring 1003 runs.
