ICC Punishes Bangladesh Cricketer Towhid Hridoy For Ugly Exchange With Sri Lankan Players - News18

Bangladesh cricketer Towhid Hridoy was involved in a heated on-field exchange during his team’s third T20I against Sri Lanka in Sylhet on Saturday following which he’s been found guilty of breaching ICC Code of Conduct. The incident occurred in the fourth over of Bangladesh’s innings, when after being dismissed, Towhid turned around on his way back to the dressing room resulting in a confrontation requiring the on-field umpire’s intervention. Also Read: ‘Test Cricket is Hard, Need Each Other to Succeed’ Hridoy has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct. “Towhid was found to have breached Article 2.20 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to displaying conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game,” read a statement from the ICC on Sunday. A demerit point has been also been added to the 23-year-old’s disciplinary record with this being his first offence in a two-year period. Towhid has admitted to the the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Andy Pycroft of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, and there was no need for a formal hearing. The chatges were levelled by the on-field umpires Sharfuddoula Saikat and Tanvir Ahmed, third umpire Gazi Sohel and fourth umpire Masudur Rahman. Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points. Sri Lanka won the contest by 28 runs to take the three-match series 2-1. During the trophy celebration, the Sri Lankan players pointed to their watches mimicking the timed out celebration that goes back to the 2023 ODI World Cup when allrounder Angelo Mathews became the first player in history to be given adjudged timed out. “It is not about aggressive handling or anything like that. They showed the timed-out gesture, right? They haven’t moved on from the timed-out incident. I think they should get out of it. They should stay in the present. We were within the rules [with the timed out dismissal]. They are in a frenzy about it. I am not too worried about it,” Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said.