The International Cricket Council handed a two-match suspension to Sri Lanka’s T20I captain Wanindu Hasaranga for breach of ICC’s Code of Conduct on Saturday, February 24. Hasaranga criticised the umpire’s choices in the course of the third T20I recreation towards Afghanistan in Dambulla on Wednesday attracting a suspension with a 50 per cent wonderful and three demerit factors from the ICC.
Hasaranga criticised the umpire’s determination after the conclusion of the third T20I recreation towards Afghanistan on Wednesday, breaching the ICC’s Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel. The ICC additionally penalised Afghanistan wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct in the identical match
Hasaranga’s complete demerit factors reached 5 leading to a two-match suspension whereas Gurbaz acquired a 15 per cent wonderful on his match charge and one demerit level.Â
“Hasaranga was found guilty of breaching article 2.13 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to âPersonal abuse of a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire or Match Referee during an International Match,” ICC assertion stated. “Both players admitted to the offences and accepted the sanctions proposed by Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees. Consequently, formal hearings were deemed unnecessary. The charges were brought forth by on-field umpires Lyndon Hannibal and Raveendra Wimalasiri, third umpire Ruchira Palliyaguruge, and fourth umpire Ranmore Martinez.”
Hasaranga slammed umpired Lyndon Hanibal’s determination to not give a no-ball within the closing over of the third recreation throughout his post-match presentation speech. Hasaranga even went on to say the ‘umpire ought to do significantly better if he did one other job’.
“If you can’t see that, that umpire isn’t suited to international cricket. It would be much better if he did another job,” Hasaranga informed broadcasters after the third T20I towards Afghanistan on Wednesday. “There was a situation where you could review those calls before, but the ICC has got rid of that. Our batsmen tried to review that. If the third umpire is able to check the front-foot no-ball, he should check this kind of no-ball as well. There’s no reason why they can’t. They didn’t do even that, so I’m not sure what was going on in his (the square-leg umpire’s) mind at the time.”Â
