Overview

• Both players received official reprimands, fines, and one demerit point each for Level 1 offences in the Abu Dhabi match.
• Noor Ahmad was cited under Article 2.8 for showing dissent at an umpire’s wide call in the 16th over.
• Mujeeb Ur Rahman was charged under Article 2.2 after breaking the stumps with his towel.
• They admitted the offences and accepted sanctions proposed by match referee Richie Richardson, so no hearings were required.
• Charges were levelled by on-field umpires Asif Yaqoob and Virender Sharma, with Faisal Afridi and Rohan Pandit serving as third and fourth umpires as Sri Lanka’s chase of 170 eliminated Afghanistan.