Pakistan notched a memorable win towards South Africa in Karachi on Wednesday. Chasing a humongous goal of 353, Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Agha performed two memorable innings of 122 and 134 advert Pakistan win with one over to spare. Nonetheless, these weren’t the one points of the match which had everybody’s focus. Within the first innings, a number of Pakistan gamers like Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel and substitute fielder Kamran Ghulam celebrated aggressively towards South African batters.
The acts have been termed as ‘shameless’ by social media customers.
Shaheen shah Afridi is so immature even after enjoying worldwide cricket for nearly 5 years. pic.twitter.com/YzemYxn6Hb
— Cricket stan (@Cricobserver21) February 12, 2025
This sort of behaviour and that too towards THE TEMBA BAVUMA?
What sort of shameless you guys are PCT?
pic.twitter.com/7RvsBRobCQ
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) February 12, 2025
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) has taken word of the acts and punished the trio. “ICC has imposed fines on the three gamers for breaching Stage 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct throughout their tri-nation collection match towards South Africa in Karachi on Wednesday,” the ICC mentioned in a launch.
“Pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi was fined 25 per cent of his match price for breaching Article 2.12 of the Code, which pertains to “inappropriate bodily contact with a Participant, Participant Help Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or every other particular person (together with a spectator) throughout an Worldwide Match.”
The incident occurred within the twenty eighth over of South Africa’s innings when Shaheen intentionally obstructed batter Matthew Breetzke as he ran a single, leading to bodily contact and a heated change between the 2 gamers.
In one other incident, Saud Shakeel and substitute fielder Kamran Ghulam have been fined 10 % of their match charges for celebrating too intently to batter Temba Bavuma following his run-out within the twenty ninth over.
“Each gamers have been discovered responsible of breaching Article 2.5 of the Code, which pertains to “utilizing language, actions or gestures which disparage or which might provoke an aggressive response from a batter upon his/her dismissal throughout an Worldwide Match,” the ICC mentioned.
Along with the monetary penalties, all three gamers have acquired one demerit level every on their disciplinary data. Not one of the gamers had any prior offences within the final 24 months.
All gamers have accepted the sanctions imposed and there will probably be no formal hearings concerning the incidents.
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