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Ahmed Shahzad penalised for misbehaving with umpire

The incident took place during a match between Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited and HBL in Departmental One Day Cup when Shehzad reacted to the umpire's decision.

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Published: Dec 21, 2016, 06:04 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 21, 2016, 06:04 PM (IST)

Match referee Anis ur Rehman reported the incident to the management, who decided to impose Rs 20,000 penalty on Ahmed Shahzad (above) © AFP (File Photo)
Match referee Anis ur Rehman reported the incident to the management, who decided to impose Rs 20,000 penalty on Ahmed Shahzad (above) © AFP (File Photo)

Karachi: Pakistan opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad has been fined for misbehaving with an umpire in a domestic match. The incident took place during a match between Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited and Habib Bank Limited (HBL) in Departmental One Day Cup when Shehzad reacted to the umpire’s decision at the National Stadium in Karachi, the Dawn reported. Following the reaction, match referee Anis ur Rehman reported the incident to the management, who decided to impose Rs 20,000 penalty to the HBL skipper. SNGP later went on to win the match by six wickets after chasing a target of 194 runs with 44 balls remaining.

Earlier, Ahmed Shahzad picked legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram as his all-time favourite cricketer and former T20 skipper Shahid Afridi as his favourite all-rounder. Shehzad’s comments came in his engaging session with fans on micro blogging website Twitter. He revealed his likes and dislikes about various issues, including favourite actor, first crush, favourite football club etc. When asked about his favourite football club, the 24-year-old replied it to be English club Manchester United, the Dawn reported. Answering the most debatable question of football arena , that who is his favourite footballer Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, Shahzad weighed in with his opinion for the Real Madrid star striker.

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Reflecting on his first crush, the Pakistan batsman termed Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie to be the one. Shehzad was also questioned about his biggest achievement in life to which he replied, “@Iam_Pakistanii i think achievements r all big for every1..for me my biggest is to wear the Green Shirt and represent my country.”