India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf were on Tuesday fined for "bringing the game into disrepute" during the Asia Cup in September with Rauf also handed a two-ODI suspension for accumulating four demerit points during the tournament.
Rauf was handed financial penalties of 30 per cent of his match fee for two incidents in two separate games against India, leading to a two-match ban in the ODI series against South Africa that began on Tuesday. The next game is on November 6 and he will sit out of that as well.
Rauf accumulated four demerit points for the two incidents which were converted into two suspension points, as per ICC rules. Suryakumar was penalised 30 per cent of his match fee for his comments supporting the Indian armed forces and showing solidarity with victims of the Pahalgam terror attack after the September 14 game between the two sides. Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was also handed one demerit point for making a "plane down" gesture after yorking Rauf in the final.
In the September 14 game, Rauf was found guilty of offensive gestures depicting a plane crash, mocking the Indian military action under Operation Sindoor and alluding to the Pakistani claims that six Indian fighter jets were downed by it during the showdown. He repeated the same gesture on September 28 while fielding near the boundary line, trying to instigate a group of Indian fans.
Pakistan batter Sahibzada Farhan was also handed a demerit point, but Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh was let off without a fine or demerit point. In case of Farhan, he had indulged in mock gun fire celebrations after completing his fifty against India.
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