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Pakistan have been fined 5 % of their match charge for sustaining a gradual over-rate throughout their opening encounter towards New Zealand within the match opener on the Nationwide Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday. The penalty was imposed after Mohammad Rizwan’s facet was discovered to be one over in need of the required fee regardless of time allowances being thought-about. “Pakistan have been fined 5 percent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the opening match of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 on Wednesday,” ICC stated in an announcement.
Andy Pycroft, a member of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, handed down the sanction underneath Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Gamers and Participant Help Personnel. As per ICC rules, gamers are fined 5 % of their match charge for every over their crew fails to bowl inside the allotted time.
Pakistan’s stand-in captain Mohammad Rizwan pleaded responsible to the offence and accepted the penalty, eliminating the necessity for a proper listening to. The cost was levelled by on-field umpires Richard Kettleborough and Sharfuddoula, third umpire Joel Wilson, and fourth umpire Alex Wharf.
The nice comes as a further blow to Pakistan, who had already suffered a disappointing 60-run defeat towards New Zealand within the match opener. The hosts struggled of their chase of 281, failing to maintain up with the required run fee after a sluggish begin.
Earlier, Pakistan’s opener Fakhar Zaman was dominated out of the match on account of an indirect harm. The left-hander sustained the harm whereas fielding early within the second over of the sport. The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) has permitted Imam-ul-Haq as a substitute for the injured Zaman.
Pakistan will now look to regroup and sharpen their recreation forward of their essential conflict towards arch-rivals India in Dubai on February 23.
Pakistan need to win the match to keep up their probabilities of qualifying from the four-team group as two groups per group will make it to the knock-out stage. Bangladesh are the fourth crew within the group during which New Zealand have already gained their match in Karachi.
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