Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf has been fined 30 percent of his match fees for a provocative gesture during the high-voltage Asia Cup Super Four game against India in Dubai on September 21. Sources confirmed that the ICC match referee reprimanded Rauf for mimicking a crashing plane after dismissing an Indian batter, an act deemed in breach of the game's spirit.

The ICC hearing, conducted after the game, found both Rauf and opener Sahibzada Farhan guilty of Level 1 offences under the Code of Conduct. While the pacer faced a financial penalty, Farhan received an official reprimand for brandishing his bat like a gun after reaching his half-century.

Farhan had made a fluent 58 off 45 balls in Pakistan's unsuccessful chase, which ended in a six-wicket defeat to India. The ICC has made it cle

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