ICC has suspended Harmanpreet Kaur for her conduct in the final ODI against Bangladesh last week in Mirpur
BCCI secretary Jay Shah added that the Indian cricket board hasn’t appealed against ICC’s two-match ban on the Indian captain for her on-field outburst during Bangladesh series.
Jay Shah, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary said President Roger Binny and National Cricket Academy (NCA) head VVS Laxman will speak to Harmanpreet Kaur regarding her outburst during the Bangladesh series.
India captain Kaur was slapped with a two-match ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for her poor behaviour. The right-hander will miss two matches of the Asian Games as the Indian cricket didn’t appeal against the ban.
“We will have our President Roger Binny and VVS Laxman speak to her (regarding the outburst). The ICC has already banned her and the time to appeal against the decision has already passed,” Shah told reporters after BCCI’s meeting with staging state associations of the upcoming World Cup.
Since that animated outburst, the Indian skipper has been criticised a lot by former cricketers and administrators. Former India cricketer Madan Lal termed her behaviour as “pathetic” and urged the BCCI to take strict action.
“Harmanpreet’s behaviour against the Bangladesh women’s team was pathetic. She is not bigger than the game. She got a very bad name for Indian cricket. BCCI should take very strict disciplinary action,” Lal tweeted.
Harmanpreet’s behaviour against the Bangladesh women’s team was pathetic. She is not bigger than the game. She got a very bad name for Indian cricket. BCCI should take very strict disciplinary action.— Madan Lal (@MadanLal1983) July 23, 2023
Kaur smashed the stumps with her bat after being given out by the on-field umpire in the third ODI vs Bangladesh and continued with the theatrics at the post-match presentation too. Apart from the ban, the Indian captain was fined 50% of her match fee and three demerit points were added to her disciplinary record.
“India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been suspended for her team’s next two international matches following two separate breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third match of their ICC Women’s Championship series against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Saturday,” the ICC statement read.
Kaur was fined 50 per cent of her match fee and three demerit points were added to her disciplinary record for a Level 2 offence after she was found guilty of breaching article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision”.
Kaur was also fined 25 per cent of her match fee for a Level 1 offence after she was found guilty of breaching article 2.7, which relates to “public criticism in relation to an incident occurring in an international match,” read the official ICC statement.
