Younger Pakistan batter Azam Khan was penalised by the nation’s cricket board after he reportedly displayed the Palestine nationwide flag on his bat throughout a Nationwide T20 sport, studies mentioned. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) fined Azam Khan 50% of his match charges for breaching the ICC’s clothes and tools rules.
It was on the again of his bat’s toe that the wicket-keeper batter pasted a sticker of the Palestine flag whereas representing the Karachi Whites in opposition to Lahore Blues on Sunday, Pak-based Geo.TV mentioned in a report. Visuals of 25-year-old Khan utilizing the mentioned bat through the sport can be found on social media.
The batter was earlier warned by the match referee to not show the flag sticker on his bat because it certified as an unapproved emblem, the report mentioned. He was instructed that it might be a breach of the ICC code of conduct. Nevertheless, Azam Khan reportedly instructed the umpires that every one his willows had comparable stickers on them.
In keeping with the report, this was not the primary match through which he used bats with Palestine flags imprinted on them. He reportedly used comparable bats in two earlier outings of Karachi Whites within the match.
The ICC disapprove of the show of messages which can be political, non secular, or racial in nature.
The ICC disapprove of the show of messages which can be political, non secular, or racial in nature.
Earlier in October, Pakistan batter Mohammad Rizwan had kicked up a row after dedicating his ICC ODI World Cup century to “brothers and sisters in Gaza.” It was after anchoring Pakistan’s historic World Cup run chase in opposition to Sri Lanka that Rizwan devoted his knock to the victims of the Israel-Palestine struggle in Gaza.
“This was for our brothers and sisters in Gaza. Glad to contribute within the win. Credit to the entire staff and particularly Abdullah Shafique and Hassan Ali for making it simpler. Extraordinarily grateful to the folks of Hyderabad for the wonderful hospitality and assist all through,” Rizwan wrote on X (previously Twitter)