Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has criticised the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) after India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal acquired a lightweight punishment for his confrontation with Sri Lanka quick bowler Asitha Fernando throughout the second Check in Colombo.The incident occurred on the primary day after Fernando dismissed Jaiswal. The India opener had hit three boundaries within the over earlier than Fernando bowled him with a supply that beat his defence.As Jaiswal began strolling again to the pavilion, he rotated and walked in the direction of Fernando. The 2 gamers got here nose to nose, with Jaiswal’s helmet touching Fernando’s brow, earlier than teammates stepped in to separate them.The ICC later fined each gamers 25 % of their match payment and handed them one demerit level every.Manjrekar stated the punishment was not sufficient and warned that repeated incidents might turn into a behavior if gamers will not be handled firmly.“Pricey ICC and BCCI, Vaibhav for India A just lately & now Jaiswal… when you preserve letting them get away with such behaviour, you practice them to repeat such behaviour. It’s not good for the game & crucially their very own future too,” Manjrekar posted on X.
The ICC additionally launched an announcement explaining the motion taken towards each gamers.“Each gamers have been discovered to have breached Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Gamers and Participant Help Personnel, which pertains to “inappropriate bodily contact with a Participant, Participant Help Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or another particular person (together with a spectator throughout an Worldwide Match).” Consequently, Jaiswal and Fernando have been fined 25 per cent of their match payment and have been handed one demerit level every,” stated the ICC in its assertion.The ICC added that neither Jaiswal nor Fernando had dedicated any earlier offence within the final 24 months.Manjrekar additionally referred to an earlier incident involving 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.In the course of the India A tri-series in Dambulla, Sooryavanshi obtained into an argument with Sri Lanka A players after India A misplaced within the Tremendous Over. Following celebrations by the Sri Lankan workforce, Sooryavanshi confronted the gamers, exchanged phrases and pushed one in every of them earlier than teammates intervened.Sooryavanshi was fined 50 % of his match payment for that incident.
