Pakistan captain Fatima Sana fined over Shafali Verma gesture in Asia Cup

Sana gestured towards the pavillion after removing Verma in a caught-and-bowled dismissal in their Asia Cup match.Published On 7 Sep 20267 Sep 2026Pakistan captain Fatima Sana has been sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for gesturing during her team’s Asia Cup group match against India last week.Sana was fined 10 percent of her match fee by the ICC on Monday, two days after India handed Pakistan a record T20 defeat in the regional tournament.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Pakistan’s Fatima Sana breaks world record for fastest 50 in women’s T20Ilist 2 of 4India crush Pakistan at T20 Asia Cup with record-breaking bowling displaylist 3 of 4Give Imran Khan proper medical care, cricket legends urge Pakistani gov’tlist 4 of 4No Ashes 2027 Tests to take place in the north of Englandend of listThe incident occurred after Sana caught and bowled out Shafali Verma in her second over and gestured to the pavilion. Verma scored 12 runs off six balls as India beat Pakistan by seven wickets to remain unbeaten in the competition.Sana admitted to her offence, which breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct relating to “using language, actions or gestures which...