This punishment for the Pakistan National Cricket Team comes after the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team players expressed their desire to leave the country following a scary suicide bombing in Islamabad.
Both teams battled really hard out in the middle, but in the end, it was the home team that finished on the winning side. The Men In Green clinched a 6-run win in the match, and Salman Agha won the Player of the Match award for his sensational century.
However, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) threatened players and support staff with "a formal review" if they left the tour over security concerns. Later, the decision was made that the Lankan players would continue the tour, and their security was beefed up.
Pakistan penalised for slow over-rate
They have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee, and a sanction was imposed by Ali Naqvi of the Emirates ICC Panel of Match Referees after the Shaheen Afridi-led side was ruled to be four overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
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Credit goes to Salman Agha and Hussain Talat for the way they batted - Shaheen Afridi
"Credit goes to Salman Agha and Hussain Talat for the way they batted and getting us 300 on the board. The percentage of dot balls in the first 10 overs with the bat were very high. We were looking for 250-260 with the kind of start we got, credit goes to Haris Rauf for the way he bowled today. Really enjoyed that spell. Haris has been the wicket-taker for us in white-ball cricket for a long time now. That was an awesome catch (from Babar Azam)."
"The start was phenomenal. I still feel we could have restricted them to around 260-270. We lost wickets in that middle period including me and we made a few bad decisions. We all know that he is a superstar (Hasaranga) with the ball, and today he played to his full potential with the bat. Hope he continues this form."
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