Cricketers Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have been fined ₹20 lakh each by BCCI for their comments on women on 'Koffee with Karan'. The duo have been asked to pay ₹1 lakh each to widows of 10 martyrs in paramilitary forces. They have also been asked to deposit ₹10 lakh each in the fund created for the promotion of cricket for the blind. All payments are to be made within four weeks from the date of the order -- April 19, 2019.

Pandya and Rahul were provisionally suspended by the Committee of Administrators (COA) for their remarks before the suspension was lifted pending an inquiry by the Ombudsman. Both players became subjects of nationwide criticism following their remarks on women.   

Cricketers Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have been fined ₹20 lakh each by BCCI for their comments on women on 'Koffee with Karan'. The duo have been asked to pay ₹1 lakh each to widows of 10 martyrs in paramilitary forces. They have also been asked to deposit ₹10 lakh each in the fund created for the promotion of cricket for the blind. All payments are to be made within four weeks from the date of the order -- April 19, 2019.

Pandya and Rahul were provisionally suspended by the Committee of Administrators (COA) for their remarks before the suspension was lifted pending an inquiry by the Ombudsman. Both players became subjects of nationwide criticism following their remarks on women.