Heinrich Klaasen Mohammad Rizwan Fight: The second ODI match between South Africa and Pakistan was played at the Newlands ground in Cape Town. In this encounter, Pakistan won by 81 runs and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. But this match has come into discussion more because of the debate between Heinrich Klaasen and Mohammad Rizwan than the victory of the Pakistan team. Now, due to bad behavior on the field, Klaasen has been fined 15 percent of his match fee. Apart from this, he has also been given one demerit point.
This incident happened during the second ODI match played on Thursday, 19 December. Africa was chasing the huge target of 330 runs given by Pakistan. In reply, Heinrich Klaasen was the highest run-scorer for host South Africa. He played an inning of 97 runs in 74 balls and during this he also hit 8 fours and 4 sixes. Klaasen remained at the crease till the end and after losing his wicket to Naseem Shah, he kicked the stumps hard in anger. Due to this behaviour, the match referee has given Klaasen a 15 percent deduction in match fee and one demerit point as punishment.
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Heinrich Klaasen became the center of attention not only for kicking the stumps but also for his fight with Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan. The incident occurred in the 26th over of the South African innings, when Haris Rauf said something to Klaasen after bowling the last ball of the over. The atmosphere became heated, due to which the umpires had to intervene. Then Mohammad Rizwan also joined the debate and was seen talking to Klaasen while pointing his finger. At the same time, Klaasen was also not ready to back down, in such a situation, Babar Azam intervened and got the two reconciled.
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