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Harmanpreet to be fined 75pc match fee, handed four demerit points

Heated exchange with umpire


Monday, 24 July 2023


Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is all set to be fined 75 per cent of her match fee and handed four demerit points for her behavior in the third ODI against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the city on Saturday, reports Cricbuzz.
A match official confirmed the development to the online sports portal on Sunday adding that it was a level two offence.
Harmanpreet smashed the stumps with her bat and had a heated exchange with umpire Tanvir Ahmed after being given out leg-before. Later in the presentation ceremony, she lashed out at the officiating in the game.
"For the on-field incident (smashing the wicket) she will be fined 50 percent of her match fee while for the way she represented herself her in the presentation ceremony, she will be fined 25 percent of her match fee," the official told the online sports portal.
She will receive three demerit points for on-field incident and another demerit point for her allegation against umpires at the presentation ceremony. The story did not end with the post match presentation as Harmanpreet apparently made some remarks that prompted the home team skipper Nigar Sultana to back out in the midst of the official photo session.