The International Cricket Council handed Sarfraz Ahmed a four-match suspension on Sunday after a racist remark made by the Pakistan captain was picked up by a stump microphone in South Africa last week.
Sarfraz was heard making a comment in Urdu about Andile Phehlukwayo during last week’s one day international in Durban, where the South African all-rounder earned a match-winning partnership with Rassie van der Dussen.
According to espncricinfo.com, the comment could be translated as: “Hey black guy, where’s your mother sitting today? What (prayer) have you got her to say for you today?”
“The ICC has a zero-tolerance policy towards conduct of this nature,” the global cricket governing body’s chief executive David Richardson said in a statement.
