Azam Khan with Palestine flag on his bat. (Image: X)
Pakistan cricketer Azam Khan was slapped with 50 percent of his match cost for breaching the clothes and devices policies of ICC on Sunday when he played National T20 competition in Karachi. Betting Karachi Whites, Azam came out to bat with his willow showing the flag of Palestine. That was an effort by Azam to back the Palestine cause and stand with the victims in the war-torn country.
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ICC’s guidelines and guidelines do not enable the cricketer to put any logo design or message on their clothing or devices such as bats, gloves which brings a political, spiritual, declaration. This ICC Code Of Conduct needs to be followed in even the domestic matches by all the member boards.
Azam was consequently fined 50 percent of his match charge. A report in Geo News stated that Azam had actually brought the flag on the bat in the previous 2 matches of the exact same competition however never ever got a caution from anybody.
In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, cricketer Azam Khan has actually been fined 50% of the match charge for utilizing the Palestine flag on his bat. And caution of suspension if he does so once again _ __ pic.twitter.com/ppOotQ16KP– _ (@Al__Quraan) November 26, 2023
In October, practically all the members of the Pakistan males’s cricket group had actually revealed their assistance for Palestine on social networks. Wicketkeeper and batter Mohammad Rizwan had, in truth, committed his match-winning hundred vs Sri Lanka on the planet Cup to the victims of war in Gaza. That was not a breach of ICC’s code. PCB had actually then specified that “the group’s expression of uniformity was an individual choice.”
In 2019, MS Dhoni was stopped from using gloves throughout the World Cup which has the insignia of India’s Para Special Forces. Dhoni had actually breached the ICC Code of Conduct however there was no great troubled Dhoni by ICC.
According to ICC’s main standards on clothes and devices, which is readily available on their site, “gamers and group authorities will not be allowed to use, show or otherwise communicate messages through arm bands or other products attached to clothes or devices.”
In 2014, England cricketer Moeen Ali had actually used the ‘Save Gaza’ wristbands throughout a worldwide match and was reprimanded by ICC to disappoint any political message on the field. He was later on prohibited by ICC to use the exact same wristband.
There is a grey location in cricket in between complimentary speech and political declarations. Lots of cricketers throughout the world supported the ‘Black Lives Matter’ motion by resting on one knee, and Henry Oolnga, Andy Flower were hailed for their black armband presentation throughout the 2003 World Cup, ICC took no action in these circumstances.