India’s star pacer Mohammed Siraj has been fined by the ICC for breaching the code of conduct. The 31-year-old has been fined 15 percent of his match fee after he was found in breach of level 1 of the ICC code of conduct. Interestingly, he was fined due to an incident with Ben Duckett that happened on day 4 of the third Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025.
Notably, Siraj was in breach of Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct that states, “using language, actions, or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an International Match.”
Furthermore, one demerit point has also been added to his disciplinary record. This was his second offence in 24 months; he previously received a demerit point during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
Siraj was fined due to his incident with Ben Duckett on day 4
Speaking of the incident that brought forth the fine on Siraj, it is worth noting that during the sixth over of England’s second innings at Lord’s, Siraj dismissed Ben Duckett and went on to celebrate in extremely close proximity to the batter. The 31-year-old admitted to the offence and also accepted the sanction put upon him.
Speaking of the game between England and India, Mohammed Siraj ended the second innings with two wickets to his name. He dismissed Ben Duckett and also took the wicket of Ollie Pope. Team India limited England to a score of 192 runs in the second innings, getting a target of 193 runs to chase down.
The run chase got off to a horrid start for India as opener Yashasvi Jaiswal departed on a duck. Furthermore, Karun Nair was sent packing on a score of 14 runs, with Shubman Gill only managing to add six runs on the board before departing as well. With day 5 approaching, India need 135 runs to win, whereas England need to take six wickets.
