Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday fully waived off the 50 per cent match price advantageous it had imposed on Azam Khan for displaying the Palestine flag on his bat through the ongoing National T20 Championships right here.
Azam, the son of former Pakistan captain Moin Khan, was fined 50 per cent of his match price by the PCB match referee two days again after he refused to take away the Palestine flag sticker from his bat.
The wicketkeeper-batter was discovered to have violated Article 2.4 of the PCB Code of Conduct For Players and Players Support Personnel for repeated failure to adjust to the instruction or directive of an umpire throughout a Match.
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The PCB didn’t give any motive for fully waiving the advantageous nor did it clarify whether or not Azam had agreed to take off the sticker from his bat for the remaining matches of the match.
“Azam Khan’s 50 per cent fine imposed by match officials has been reviewed and waived off by the Pakistan Cricket Board,” the PCB mentioned in a quick launch.
“The Karachi Whites wicketkeeper-batter was fined 50 per cent of his match fee for being found guilty of committing a level-I offence during his side’s National T20 Cup 2023-24 match against Lahore Blues at National Bank Stadium, Karachi.”
As per ICC guidelines, gamers and workforce officers usually are not permitted to put on, show or in any other case convey private messages on their gear except accredited upfront by each the participant or workforce official’s cricket affiliation and PCB Cricket Operations Department.
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The advantageous led to a furore on social media with cricket followers and other people criticising the Board for imposing the advantageous.
The match during which Azam was fined was televised reside. He was taking part in for the Karachi Whites towards Lahore Blues.
Azam has not performed for the nationwide workforce since 2021 however is a well known determine in Pakistan cricket circles as a result of his big-hitting skills within the T20 format and can be a daily on the franchise cricket circuits worldwide.
During the current ODI World Cup in India, Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batter Muhammad Rizwan had additionally tweeted in help of the Palestine individuals in Gaza however escaped any advantageous from the ICC, which mentioned it was his private opinion.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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