Pakistan Face Major Fine Following 1st Test Against Bangladesh
Pakistan have been heavily affected with the first test match against Bangladesh. The team started the away series with a loss, but that was not enough. The ICC has now handed over a 40% match fees fine to Pakistan for slow over rate and even handed them a penalty of 8 points.
Pakistan is not having a good time when it comes to the Test format. In the current WTC cycle, the team started a new series against Bangladesh and it turned out to be a massive loss for them. Bangladesh was able to secure its third consecutive win over Pakistan in this format, and this was just the starting.
It should be noted that Pakistan also faced issues with their over rate in the game. Even after the time allowances, the team fell down 8 overs short and they have now paid a heavy price for the same. It has been confirmed that the entire Pakistan team has been fined 40% of their match fees by the ICC.
But that was not just the only fine imposed by the ICC over Pakistan. The team has also seen a deduction of 8 points in their WTC rankings, which has surely had an impact on their percentage. It remains to be seen how Pakistan bounces back after facing such a heavy loss.
Our Take
Pakistan will surely be thinking that they should have finished the game early with the ball. And now the team will be taking the over-rate timer much more seriously than they did before. Even the ICC knew that putting a fine on the match fees wouldn't be enough, so they decided to deduct points from them, which has eventually caused more trouble for Pakistan.