India cricketers Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were on Saturday fined Rs 20 lakh each by the BCCI Ombudsman DK Jain for their sexist comments on a popular TV show. Jain also instructed them to deposit Rs 10 lakh each in the fund "created by the Cricket Association for the blind". The Supreme Court-appointed Ombudsman had issued notices to Pandya and Rahul earlier this month to appear for deposition for their controversial comments on Koffee with Karan. Pandya and Rahul were provisionally suspended by the Committee of Administrators for their remarks before the suspension was lifted pending an inquiry by the Ombudsman. The two tendered unconditional apologies and their ban was provisionally lifted pending an inquiry.

Source: The Telegraph April 20, 2019 07:52 UTC