Middle-order batsman and team member of Quetta Gladiators in PSL 2020, Umar Akmal was suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday under the Anti-Corruption Code, a statement from the board said.
Akmal is being investigated under Article 4.7.1 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code.
The article in question suggests that before a participant is either charged by the ACU or "there are other exceptional circumstances relevant to a participant it shall have the discretion to provisionally suspend the participant pending the Anti-corruption Tribunal‟s determination of whether he/she has committed an offence."
