Yashasvi Jaiswal, Asitha Fernando fined 25% match fee over heated exchange

Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sri Lankan seamer Asitha Fernando have been each fined 25% of their match payment for breaching Degree 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct throughout the second Take a look at.

The 2 have been caught up in a heated trade on the Sinhalese Sports activities Membership Floor on Sunday (August 23, 2026) morning after Jaiswal was dismissed by Asitha. Phrases have been exchanged; each stood too shut and confronted one another earlier than different gamers pulled them away. At the same time as the 2 team-managements downplayed the incident, the ICC stepped in and imposed the punishment.

In a press release, the ICC said: “Each gamers have been discovered to have breached Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which pertains to ‘inappropriate bodily contact with a Participant, Participant Help Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or another individual. Along with this (the positive), one demerit level every has been added to the disciplinary data of (Asitha) Fernando and Jaiswal. Each gamers admitted the offences and accepted the sanctions proposed by Andy Pycroft (match-referee).”