Fakhar Zaman was banned for 2 matches and Shaheen was fined Rs 10 lakh for ball tampering. PCB warns of Rs 1 crore fine on unauthorized posts. IPL will not be telecast in Bangladesh due to cancellation of contract.
Lahore: Ball tampering in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has proved costly for senior Lahore Qalandars player Fakhar Zaman. He was accused of ball tampering during the match against Karachi Kings on Sunday, after which Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has banned him for 2 matches.
The incident took place when Karachi needed 14 runs to win in the last over of the match. At that time Lahore captain Shaheen Afridi, Fakhar Zaman and Haris Rauf were talking among themselves. Meanwhile, Zaman was seen pressing the ball hard with his hand. The umpires immediately investigated and found that the ball had been tampered with. After this, Karachi was given 5 runs as penalty and the ball was also changed. When Zaman was interrogated after the match, he denied the allegation. But in the second round of investigation held on Tuesday, he was found guilty. Due to this, Zaman will not be able to play in the Lahore matches to be held on 3 April and 9 April.
Shaheen Afridi fined Rs 10 lakh
The franchise has imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Afridi for breaking security rules. He had called four relatives of Sikandar Raza to the hotel room without permission. However, no penalty has been imposed on Alexander in this case.
Rs 1 crore fine for posting without permission: PCB’s warning to Pak cricketers!
Islamabad: Following the controversy over a social media post by cricketer Naseem Shah, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a stern warning to its centrally contracted players. This post was against Punjab province CM Maryam Sharif. PCB has said that any posting without permission will attract a fine of 1 crore Pakistani rupees (about 33 lakh Indian rupees). The board has made it clear that ‘no political post can be made’. Before uploading such posts, approval will have to be taken from the media department of PCB. Let us tell you that PCB had imposed a fine of Rs 2 crore on Naseem Shah.
IPL will not be shown in Bangladesh even after government approval!
Dhaka: The government there had lifted the ban on telecast of IPL in Bangladesh, but despite this, IPL will not be telecast there. The reason for this is that Jiostar, the company that holds the broadcast rights of IPL, has terminated its contract with the local channel ‘T Sports’.
There was an agreement between Jiostar and T-Sports to broadcast IPL from 2023 to 2027. But T Sports continuously failed to make payments on time, due to which JioStar canceled the contract.
Earlier, the Bangladesh government was angry over the exclusion of cricketer Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL and had banned the telecast of IPL in the country. Recently this ban was lifted.