India, Nov. 13 -- The Pakistan cricket team was penalised on Thursday for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first ODI match of the three-game series against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi. Salman Ali Agha scored his second career ODI ton as Pakistan won Tuesday's series opener by just six runs, after defending the target of 300 runs.

The International Cricket Council imposed the sanctions on Pakistan for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first ODI, and hence the team was fined 20 per cent of their match fee. The Shaheen Afridi-led side was ruled to be four overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration. Under Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which deals...