Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for violating the ICC code of conduct during the third ODI against Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi. He has also been given a demerit point. The incident took place in the 37th over of Afghanistan’s innings on October 14. After being dismissed for 95 runs, Zadran was furious after missing out on a century. In anger, he hit his bat on the dressing room equipment. His attitude proved to be costly.
This was the second consecutive time that Zadran missed out on a century by just five runs. He was also dismissed for 95 runs in the previous ODI. Despite coming close to a century, he could not bear the disappointment. And in a fit of rage, he hit the equipment lying in the dressing room with such a bat. He was punished by the ICC for this mistake. The violation falls under Article 2.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which deals with damaging or abusing cricket equipment, clothing, ground equipment or fixtures during an international match. Match referee Graeme LaBruyte fined Zadran under this rule.
Ibrahim Zadran did not require a formal hearing as he admitted his mistake. This is his first offence in the last 24 months. According to the rules, if a player receives four or more demerit points in two years, they are converted into suspension points. Two suspension points mean a ban from one Test or two limited-overs matches.
Afghanistan (AFG vs BAN 3rd ODI) won the three-match ODI series 3-0. In the third ODI, Afghanistan scored 293 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Bangladesh were all out for 93 runs. Afghanistan won the final ODI by a huge margin of 200 runs. Earlier, they defeated Bangladesh by 81 runs in the second ODI and won the first match by five wickets.
