Hasaranga suspended from playing Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Tests | Top Vip News

Less than a day after Sri Lanka announced that Wanindu Hasaranga would come out of Test retirement to join the team for a two-match series in Bangladesh, he ended up with an ICC ban that meant he could not take part. in the series.

Hasaranga was sanctioned for violating article 2.8 of the player’s code of conduct, which refers to showing disagreement with the referee’s decision. An ICC press release on Tuesday said the incident occurred during the 37th over of the third and final ODI against Bangladesh when he “snatched his cap from one of the umpires and ridiculed the umpire in the match.” He received a fine (50% of match fees) and three demerit points, taking his total demerits to eight, and when they reach eight, he is forced to miss two Tests, four ODIs or four T20Is, which happens first. Had Hasaranga not come out of retirement for the Tests, he would have missed Sri Lanka’s first four matches in the T20 World Cup.

This suspension follows a previous one he received in February when, once again, he was unimpressed by the officiating. After Sri Lanka lost a close match to Afghanistan, where one of the on-field umpires, Lyndon Hannibal, failed to call a possible no-ball in the final over, Hasaranga, who captains the team in the shortest format, was He came up at the press conference and said it would be better if he found another job.

Sri Lanka’s ODI captain Kusal Mendis was also fined 50% and three demerit points for “abusing the umpires while shaking their hands” at the end of the third ODI. Both Hasaranga and Mendis admitted their faults and accepted the sanctions proposed by match referee Andy Pycroft.

The first of the two Tests against Bangladesh begins on Friday in Sylhet. Sri Lanka’s spin attack was expected to center around Hasaranga and Prabath Jayasuriya with Ramesh Mendis in support, but the suspension now brings Kamindu Mendis, who has only played one Test, and the uncapped Nishan Peiris into the fray.