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 laws. The breach occurred throughout a Nationwide T20 recreation in opposition to 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 emblem—Palestine’s flag—on his bat. The flamboyant batter, who scored 35 runs within the match, had been warned earlier by the referee concerning 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 each one of his bats characteristic the identical stickers. Regardless of the warning, he continued to show the unapproved emblem in two earlier Nationwide T20 Cup video games. Nonetheless, he confronted no repercussions till the current match in opposition to Lahore Blues.
ICC Regulation on Clothes and Gear
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) laws stipulate that gamers are usually 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 straight contravened these laws, resulting in the high-quality.
This incident echoes an analogous controversy in October, the place Pakistan’s cricket workforce expressed solidarity with Palestine throughout the ICC Males’s T20 Cricket World Cup. The workforce displayed help and shared prayers for Palestinians struggling as a consequence of conflicts with Israel. Indian followers and cricket consultants had questioned whether or not such shows have been allowed within the event, however the PCB defended the gamers, stating that it was a private determination.
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