Sarfraz Ahmed: Pakistan captain banned over racist comment by ICC

Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed has been prohibited for four matches subsequent to conceding making a supremacist comment to South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo.

The International Cricket Council said Sarfraz broke its enemy of prejudice code in a one-day worldwide in Durban.

Sarfraz, 31, later apologized and guaranteed his words were "not coordinated towards anybody specifically".

The wicketkeeper will miss two one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches, all against South Africa.

"Sarfraz has expeditiously conceded the offense, was remorseful of his activities and has issued an open statement of regret, so these variables were considered while deciding a proper authorize," said the International Cricket Council's (ICC) CEO David Richardson.

The world overseeing body opened an examination after Sarfraz was gotten on a stump amplifier utilizing the Urdu word "kaale", signifying "dark".

Sarfraz will likewise need to go on an ICC training program.

He was charged under a piece of the area of the code identifying with "direct (regardless of whether using dialect, motions or something else) which is probably going to annoy, affront, embarrass, scare, undermine, trash or denounce any sensible individual... based on their race, religion, culture, shading, plunge, national or ethnic inception".

Accordingly, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in an explanation that it had "a zero-resilience way to deal with supremacist remarks and conduct", however communicated its "most extreme disillusionment" with the choice to boycott Sarfraz.

The PCB said it trusted the issue had been settled genially following the player's expression of remorse and said it would try to change the counter bigotry code at future ICC discussions.

Sarfraz's suspension began with Sunday's fourth ODI in Johannesburg and the player will come back to Pakistan, with all-rounder Shoaib Malik venturing in as skipper for whatever is left of the South Africa visit - despite the fact that Sarfraz would have been accessible for the last T20 coordinate on 6 February.

Back-up manager Mohammad Rizwan, who has taken the gloves in Johannesburg, will stay with the squad for the T20 leg of the visit.