GUYANA – Sohail Tanvir has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for making an indecent gesture during Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match between Guyana Amazon Warriors and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.
The left-arm Pakistani pacer has accepted the sanction handed to him by match referee Denavon Hayles. According to the local media, the CPL witnessed a moment of high controversy on Friday during the 17th over of the Patriots innings, when Tanvir dismissed Australian Ben Cutting with a yorker for 15 and gave a send-off to the batsman by raising his middle fingers.
Sohail Tanvir fined 15% of match fee after middle-finger gesture https://t.co/7vjNcNEqRk
Wow!!! 15%!!! That’ll teach him?♂️….Nice to see the @cpl are taking this seriously. What a joke! pic.twitter.com/eJJaPzuFZU
— Lukesters (@Lukesters) August 11, 2018
Tanvir was the highest wicket-taker in the previous season and was subsequently retained by the Warriors, for the maximum price of US 160,000 dollar.
Australian cricketers Chris Lynn, who is representing Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL 2018, and Gurinder Sandhu also slammed Tanvir for his “pathetic” behaviour.
Pathetic send off from Tanvir #CPLT20
— Chris Lynn (@lynny50) August 9, 2018
Shimron Hetmyer smashed an unbeaten 79 from 45 balls to steer Guyana Amazon Warriors to a comfortable six-wicket victory over St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Providence Stadium.
Tanvir, who made his international debut in 2007 against India in Durban, has played 2 Tests, 62 ODIs and 57 T20Is for Pakistan.
The 33-year-old has 71 ODI and 54 T20I wickets to his name.
Tanvir last played in international colours in 2017 against West Indies in Port of Spain.
