Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has been suspended from Sri Lanka”s upcoming games except the final in the Nidahas Trophy after being found guilty of a “serious over-rate offense” in Saturday”s match against Bangladesh in Colombo.
Chris Broad the match referee for the game and part of ICC”s elite match referees list confirmed the fine as Chandimal was four overs late as per the time consideration for the game.
The earlier two games of the tournament were finished almost half hour earlier to this game, and so, rightly Chandimal and his team were imposed the fine as the 2nd innings was the main culprit.
ICC put out an official statement stating, “In accordance with Article 2.5.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Players Support Personnel, which relates to serious over-rate offences, players are fined 10 percent of their match fees for the first two overs and 20 percent per additional over their side failed to bowl in the allotted time, while the captain receives two suspension points,”
The suspension points equate to missing one test, two ODIs or two T20Is, whichever comes first.
And so, as per the rules, Chandimal has been suspended from his side”s fixtures against India and Bangladesh on 12 and 16 March respectively, while each of his players has received a fine of 60 percent. He pleaded not guilty to the offense, but Chris Broad went ahead and announced his decision following the hearing which that took place on Sunday”s afternoon.
Also, it is clear as per the rules that if Srilanka makes another such fault with the over rates in the next 12 months with Chandimal as the captain, the result could be worse with that inflicting two to eight such suspension points more.
Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah has also received a 20 percent fine of his match fee, while each of his players has received 10 percent fines after their side was ruled to be one over short. You see, the rules for over-rate breach are quite strict by the governing body.
“This was as per Article 2.5.1, which deals with minor over-rate offenses.”
In case Bangladesh is found out with another such minor over-rate breach in a T20I within 12 months of this breach with Mahmudullah as their captain, it will be constituted as a second offense by Mahmudullah and he will face suspension.
Mahmudullah pleaded guilty to the offense and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
