Pakistan’s Haris Rauf celebrates a wicket throughout their Asia Cup 2025 Tremendous Fours conflict in opposition to India on September 21, 2025. — AFP
The best-arm seamer was fined 30% of his match payment by the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) match referee.
Whereas the board and workforce administration have been nonetheless ready for an official announcement, it was confirmed that Rauf had been discovered responsible and penalised, the PCB official mentioned.
“That’s correct,” the official mentioned when requested about studies relating to the sanction. He added that the PCB will attraction the choice declaring Rauf responsible of breaching the code of conduct.
It stays unclear whether or not Rauf was fined for making a “6-0” gesture towards the group in the course of the match or for displaying aggression towards Indian gamers.
The PCB maintains that neither motion constitutes a violation.
Rauf pleaded not responsible in the course of the listening to, performed by ICC match referee Richie Richardson.
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has determined to personally cowl the fantastic on Rauf’s behalf if the sanction is upheld even after the attraction, one other PCB official mentioned.
Individually, the PCB lodged a grievance in opposition to India captain Suryakumar Yadav for making political remarks throughout post-match interviews and a press convention.
The ICC sided with the PCB on the problem, discovering Yadav responsible of breaching the code of conduct and fining him 30% of his match payment.
The ICC has but to make an official assertion on both case, a delay that has drawn sharp criticism from PCB chairman Naqvi.
“How much more time do you need to explain the reasons behind your balancing act?” Naqvi wrote on social media.
The event comes only a day earlier than Pakistan and India are set to face off within the high-stakes closing of the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025, slated for tomorrow (Sunday).
The Inexperienced Shirts arrange a closing in opposition to India after edging previous Bangladesh by 11 runs in a Tremendous Fours encounter on September 25.
The upcoming sport marks the primary time within the match’s historical past that the arch-rivals will face off within the closing.
