Azam Khan, the middle-order batter representing Karachi Whites within the Nationwide T20 event, has been fined 50% of his match charges for breaching clothes and tools rules. The breach occurred throughout a Nationwide T20 recreation towards Lahore Blues in Karachi, the place Azam displayed Palestine’s flag on his bat.
Violation of the ICC Code of Conduct
The match referee, Mohammad Javed, summoned Azam Khan after the sport and imposed a high-quality for displaying an unapproved brand—Palestine’s flag—on his bat. The flamboyant batter, who scored 35 runs within the match, had been warned earlier by the referee in regards to the potential breach of the ICC code of conduct. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is a signatory to this code.
Sources reveal that Azam had beforehand knowledgeable the referee that every one of his bats function the identical stickers. Regardless of the warning, he continued to show the unapproved brand in two earlier Nationwide T20 Cup video games. Nonetheless, he confronted no repercussions till the current match towards Lahore Blues.
ICC Regulation on Clothes and Tools
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) rules stipulate that gamers should not allowed to show messages supporting political, non secular, or racial causes on their clothes and tools. Azam Khan’s act of displaying Palestine’s flag on his bat immediately contravened these rules, resulting in the high-quality.
This incident echoes an analogous controversy in October, the place Pakistan’s cricket crew expressed solidarity with Palestine in the course of the ICC Males’s T20 Cricket World Cup. The crew displayed help and shared prayers for Palestinians struggling as a result of conflicts with Israel. Indian followers and cricket consultants had questioned whether or not such shows had been allowed within the event, however the PCB defended the gamers, stating that it was a private determination.
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