Both Ganguly and Warne fined 10 percent of their match fees
May 2nd, 2008Both the rival captains Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne has been fined today for an amount of 10 per cent of their match fee and reprimanded for their conduct by the Indian Premier League.
The two veteran cricketers engaged in a public remarks following the IPL match between their respecctive sides, the IPL was quick to punish the two captains and said it would not tolerate any on-field or off-field indiscipline.
While Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ganguly was penalised for forcing the on-field umpire to refer a contentious catch to the third umpire, Rajasthan Royals’ captain Warne was punished for lambasting Ganguly’s conduct in the post-match press conference. The IPL also rightly decided to suspend the on-field umpire in question, G Pratap Kumar, for a match.
“It has been informed by Farokh Engineer, the Referee in the IPL game between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on May 1, that he has issued an official reprimand to Sourav Ganguly, and fined him 10 per cent of his match-fee for showing dissent on the field,” IPL commissioner and chairman Lalit Modi said in a statement today.
“The Referee has also suspended Pratap Kumar for one match, on the grounds that there was no reason for him to accede to Ganguly’s request to consult the TV umpire while Warne crossed the line by commenting on Ganguly’s conduct after the match.” Modi said.
“Shane Warne, captain of the Rajasthan Royals in the ongoing DLF Indian Premier League, has been reprimanded and fined 10 per cent of his match-fee by Match Referee Farokh Engineer,” Modi explained.
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“Warne was found guilty of violating Section 1.7 of the ICC’s Code of Conduct, which deals with public criticism of, or inappropriate comment on a match-related incident or official. It constitutes a Level I offense,” he added.
Warne had criticised Ganguly for going against the spirit of the game by not accepting fielder Graeme Smith’s word on the controversial catch.
He also blamed Ganguly of resorting to time-wasting tactics during the match. Though the Royals decided against lodging a formal complaint against the former India skipper, the IPL decided to take action as “Ganguly’s act of prevailing upon the on-field umpire to refer a decision to the TV umpire constitutes a Level I offence as per the ICCs Code of Conduct.”
We think that this will set an example for all players to behave properly in the true spirit of Cricket only and refrain from slamming each other.
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