The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has slapped a hefty superb on batsman Azam Khan for breaching the clothes and tools laws of ICC. The incident befell on Sunday (November 26) in the course of the Nationwide T20 conflict between Karachi Whites and Lahore Blues.
The precise-handed batsman was slapped with 50 p.c of his match payment after deciding to point out his assist for Palestine, the war-torn nation. Azam Khan determined to point out his assist by displaying the flag of Palestine on his bat. Nonetheless, the ICC guidelines and laws don’t enable the gamers to sport any brand or message on their garments or tools akin to bats, or gloves which carry a political, or non secular, assertion.
“Gamers and crew officers shall not be permitted to put on, show or in any other case convey messages by arm bands or different gadgets affixed to clothes or tools,” states the rule.
The identical guidelines and laws are relevant within the home matches of all of the member boards as properly. In consequence, the PCB had no choice however to punish Azam Khan for breaching the foundations. The 25-year-old ended up dropping half of his match charges for his actions. He may additionally face a ban if he repeats his actions.
Within the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, cricketer Azam Khan has been fined 50% of the match payment for utilizing the Palestine flag on his bat. And warning of suspension if he does so once more 💔 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/ppOotQ16KP
— • (@Al__Quraan) November 26, 2023
In keeping with a report in Geo Information, he had displayed the Palestinian flag on the bat previously two matches of the identical match as properly however didn’t get any warning from the authorities. One thing comparable had occurred with MS Dhoni in the course of the 2019 World Cup when he was requested by the ICC to not show an Military Insignia on his wicketkeeping gloves.
Azam Khan not the primary Pakistan cricketer to point out assist:
Azam Khan shouldn’t be the primary cricketer from Pakistan in latest instances to point out his assist for Palestine. Throughout the lately concluded World Cup, Mohammad Rizwan had accomplished the identical. After scoring a surprising match-winning hundred in opposition to Sri Lanka, he had devoted the knock to the victims of conflict in Gaza.
Method again in 2014, England star Moeen Ali had additionally landed in scorching water for doing one thing comparable. The allrounder had sported a wristband with the message ‘Save Gaza’ and was reprimanded by ICC. Later, the governing physique of the sport banned him from carrying the wristband.
