Peshawar Zalmi was charged a penalty for maintaining a slow over-rate during their first match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) against Karachi Kings.

The match umpire, Ali Naqvi, ruled that Peshawar Zalmi was one over short of their target, even after taking into consideration the time allowances.

As per the HBL PSL Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, each player was fined 10% of their match fee for the breach.

The penalty was announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday, a day after the match was played. Peshawar Zalmi had beaten Karachi Kings by a narrow margin of two runs in a thrilling contest.

The Yellow Storm had posted a mammoth total of 199 runs on the scoreboard before restricting Karachi Kings to 197-5 in 20 overs.

The slow over-rate penalty was a reminder to Peshawar Zalmi and all other teams in the PSL that maintaining an adequate over-rate is crucial to the smooth functioning of the game.

The PSL has strict regulations regarding overrates, and teams are expected to complete their overs in the allotted time.

While Peshawar Zalmi emerged victorious in the match against Karachi Kings, the penalty serves as a warning to the team and others in the tournament to avoid similar violations in the future.

Chetan Sharma, the chief selector of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has made a stunning revelation about top Indian players, claiming they use banned injections to maintain their fitness.

In zee News’s sting Operation program “Game Over,” Sharma disclosed that many of the country’s most famous players use injections containing a prohibited drug that can’t be detected in dope tests.

Sharma clarified that the players use injections instead of painkillers to avoid getting caught in doping tests, and they are aware of which injections are detected in such tests. He revealed that the players make 100% fitness by injecting after consulting with doctors.

Furthermore, Sharma claimed that India’s star pacer Jasprit Bumrah concealed his back injury before the T20I series against Australia last year to make it to the T20 World Cup 2022 squad.

Chetan also claimed that the fitness of prominent players was deliberately overlooked by the Board.

Furthermore, he disclosed that the decision to remove Virat Kohli as Indian Test skipper was based on his performance and not on the influence of BCCI President Sourav Ganguly.

Sharma also revealed that Hardik Pandya would be appointed as the next captain of the T20I side, whereas veteran batter Rohit Sharma would not be part of the team in the shortest format of the game.