ICC penalizes Pakistan for slow over rate during Sri Lanka’s first ODI
Pakistan’s Haris Rauf and Babar Azam celebrate a wicket during their first ODI against Sri Lanka, Rawalpindi, November 11, 2025. — AFP DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday reprimanded the Pakistan cricket team for maintaining a slow pace during the first one-day international (ODI) against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi on November 11. According to cricket’s apex body, the Green Shirts were fined 20 per cent of their fee after they were deemed to be four overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into account. The ICC Panel of Match Referees’ Ali Naqvi imposed the sanction



