Overview
- Fakhar Zaman’s appeal was dismissed on Thursday by the PSL Technical Committee, which kept in place a two-match suspension that takes effect at once.
- The sanction stems from the March 29 game against Karachi Kings, when umpires inspected the ball before the final over, replaced it, and awarded Karachi five penalty runs.
- The penalty cut Karachi’s ask to nine, and Abbas Afridi hit a four and a six to seal a four-wicket win in 19.3 overs.
- Match referee Roshan Mahanama had found a Level 3 breach for changing the ball’s condition under Article 2.14, and a three-member panel of Javed Malik, Dr Mumraiz Naqshband and Syed Ali Naqi affirmed that decision after a de novo review.
- Zaman denies tampering but will miss Lahore Qalandars’ fixtures against Multan Sultans on April 3 and Islamabad United on April 9, in a tournament facing heightened scrutiny over player conduct.