Overview

• Match referee Richie Richardson issued Level 1 sanctions, with most reports citing 30% match-fee fines for Haris Rauf and Suryakumar Yadav and an official warning for Sahibzada Farhan.
• Hearings were held on September 26 at Pakistan’s team hotel in Dubai, where Rauf and Farhan pleaded not guilty and submitted written responses.
• The BCCI’s complaint targeted Rauf’s aggressive gestures and Farhan’s ‘gun’ celebration, while the PCB’s complaint led to Yadav’s penalty for post-match remarks referencing the Pahalgam attack and India’s armed forces.
• An official ICC release consolidating the rulings has not yet been issued, and media reports differ on Rauf’s exact penalty, with one outlet reporting 20% rather than 30%.
• PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has reportedly offered to pay Rauf’s fine personally, adding a political dimension to the fallout.