National T20 Cup tournament is currently being played in Pakistan. In this tournament, a bowler bowled such a no-ball that everyone kept watching. It would not be wrong to call him the father of no-ball. This incident happened on Saturday, March 14, when the match between Karachi Blues and Lahore Blues was being played.
While playing for Karachi Blues, fast bowler Asad Akhtar bowled a huge no ball in the match played at Imran Khan Stadium, which has attracted the attention of the cricket world. Akhtar bowled only one over in the entire over, in which he gave away 21 runs. He bowled 2 wides and 2 no-balls in the same over. But the most talked about was his no-ball, where his foot landed far ahead of the white line.
As soon as this incident in the National T20 Cup came to light, people started linking it with the spot-fixing scandal of 2010, when Mohammad Amir had deliberately bowled a no-ball. The surprising thing was that the no ball bowled by Akhtar was much bigger than that of Aamir.
A 25 year old Pakistani pacer, Asad Akhtar, bowled a shocking no ball in their ongoing premium domestic T20 tournament and it looked ridiculously suspicious. Spot fixing again. pic.twitter.com/zFRzScLFLx
— Kakarot (@MidOffMind) March 15, 2026
Asad Akhtar has very little experience yet and in his short career of 5 T20 matches, he has taken 8 wickets so far. So far in the National T20 Cup, he has been able to take only one wicket in 2 matches and has given away runs at an economy rate of 11.25.
The good thing was that Asad Akhtar’s huge no ball and giving 21 runs in a single over had no impact on the victory of Karachi Blues. His team won this match by a huge margin of 56 runs. Karachi Blues team is currently at fourth position in the points table with 2 wins in 4 matches.
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