Karachi Kings’ allrounder Aamir Jamal has been fined by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for breaching Pakistan Super League (PSL) code of conduct during a match against Peshawar Zalmi at the National Bank Stadium Karachi.In a statement released on Tuesday, the PCB confirmed that Aamir Jamal was fined 5% of his match fee for a Level 1 breach of the HBL PSL’s Code of Conduct during the HBL PSL X fixture on Monday night.

According to PCB, Aamir was found to have violated Article 2.5 of the HBL PSL Code of Conduct, which prohibits “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during a match”The incident happened in the 15th over of the first innings, when Aamir after dismissing Hussain went close to the batter and made a remark.

Aamir Jamal pleaded guilty to the charges and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Iftikhar Ahmed.  The charges were imposed by on-field umpires Faisal Khan Aafreedi and Paul Reiffel. Earlier, Karachi Kings beat Peshawar Zalmi by two wickets in a last-over thriller of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10 at National Stadium. Peshawar Zalmi set a 148-run target for the Kings in the 11th game of the PSL 10. Babar Azam and Saim Ayub opened the innings for the Zalmi after Karachi Kings put them to bat first.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)