Pakistan, May 15 -- Pakistan have been fined 40 percent of their match fee and penalised eight World Test Championship (WTC) points for maintaining a slow over-rate during the first Test against Bangladesh, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced.

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The sanction followed Pakistan's performance in the opening Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, where match referee Jeff Crowe ruled that the visitors were eight overs short of the required target after considering all permitted time allowances.

The charge was brought by on-field umpires Richard Kettleborough and Kumar Dharmasena, along with third umpire Allahuddien Palekar and fourth ump...