Pakistan’s gamers have reportedly every been fined $18,000 (roughly £13,530) for an underwhelming T20 World Cup marketing campaign during which they failed to succeed in the semi-finals.
The 2009 champions noticed their match finish on the Tremendous 8s stage after they had been unable to defeat Sri Lanka by a sufficiently big margin to qualify forward of New Zealand from Group 2.
Pakistan have missed out on the semi-finals of an ICC males’s occasion for the fourth successive time.
In line with an article within the Specific Tribune, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made the choice to hit the gamers financially after the group-stage defeat to India on February 15.
That punishment was set to be waived if Pakistan reached the final 4 however they missed out on the knockout phases on internet run-rate after a rain-off in opposition to New Zealand and defeat to England preceded the five-run victory over Sri Lanka.
Among the many gamers reportedly fined is opening batter Sahibzada Farhan, who broke the report for essentially the most runs at a T20 World Cup, eclipsing Virat Kohli’s haul of 319 on the 2014 occasion.
Farhan, who amassed 383 runs, is the one participant to attain two centuries in the identical T20 World Cup, scoring 100 in opposition to Sri Lanka and 100 not out versus Namibia.
2026 Males’s T20 World Cup knockouts fixtures
All instances UK and Eire; all video games stay on Sky Sports activities
Semi-finals
Wednesday March 4
- South Africa vs New Zealand (Kolkata, 1.30pm)
Thursday March 5
- England vs India (Mumbai, 1.30pm)
Last
Sunday March 8
- Last (Ahmedabad, 1.30pm)