DUBAI: Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal was fined 15 percent of his match fee for using obscene language through the third ODI of their World Cup Super League series against Sri Lanka at Dhaka.
As per a release issued by the ICC, Tamim had been discovered to have violated Article 2.
3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for players and participant support staff, which relates to”use of an audible obscenity through an International Match.
” Along with the nice, 1 demerit point was inserted into the disciplinary set of Tamim, for whom it had been the very first offence in an 24-month period.
The incident happened in the 10th over of Bangladesh’s innings on Friday, when Tamim used improper language following an unsuccessful inspection of the caught-behind dismissal.
Tamim confessed to this offence and approved that the sanction proposed by ICC match referee Neeyamur Rashid, also there wasn’t any demand for an official hearing.
On-field umpires Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid and Tanvir Ahmed, third umpire Gazi Sohel and fourth official Masudur Rahman levelled the complaint from Tamim.
Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of a formal reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 percent of a player’s match fee, and also one or 2 demerit points.