Overview
- Rauf will miss Pakistan’s One-Day Internationals against South Africa on November 4 and 6 after accumulating four demerit points from incidents on September 14 and 28.
- The ICC said Rauf twice breached Article 2.21 for conduct bringing the game into disrepute, with each offence drawing a 30% match-fee fine and two demerit points.
- India’s Suryakumar Yadav was fined 30% of his match fee and given two demerit points; Jasprit Bumrah accepted an official warning and one demerit point; Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan received an official warning and one demerit point; Arshdeep Singh was cleared.
- Hearings were conducted by Emirates ICC Elite Panel match referees Richie Richardson and Andy Pycroft, covering the India–Pakistan fixtures on September 14, 21 and 28.
- Under ICC rules, demerit points stay on a player’s record for 24 months and four points trigger suspension points; no successful appeals were reported at the time of the announcement.