Vijay Zol handed one-match ban
Vijay Zol, the India Under-19s captain, has received a one-match ban after being found guilty of using offensive language during the quarter-final against England Under-19s in Dubai. Aamir Gani, the offspinner, was also found guilty of using obscene language and was reprimanded. Both players pleaded guilty of the charge laid by the on-field umpires.
The incident involving Zol happened in the 30th over of the England innings, when he caught England top-scorer Ben Duckett at midwicket. Gani was reported by the on-field umpires after the bowler picked up the wicket of Ed Barnard in the 26th over. Both incidents were caught on camera. India, the defending champions, lost the tightly-contested match by three wickets.
Zol will miss India's play-off match against Sri Lanka on February 24.
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Yes, no loss for the team, It would be great if he was dropped at league stage itself.
@ Muhammad Aqular Sheriffdeen . No thanks!. It is not good to change call when you lost the toss (WC final) and not good to argue with umpire about bad light to prevent victory of opposition (recent test vs Pak)
I have been watching some regional matches involving Indian cricketers and was disappointed to see such derogatory behavior existing in majority of the young Indian cricketers. Most of them are abusive with opponents and show no respect for the opponents. The fault lies with BCCI who don't want to discipline them and have always been shielding bad mouth and ill mannered cricketers like Kohli, Harbhajan and Gambhir.
ICC I look forward to no sledging in cricket. Be consistent!!
If the ICC is consistent they should follow this through with all forms of cricket and not stop at the under 19 level. I look forward to Australians, English, South Africans,.... getting similar fines.
Where ever we come from in the cricket world, we all have to accept the fact that there is only ONE role model any budding cricketer can learn from KUMAR SANGAKKARA a law college graduate who became a awesome cricketer. He is a real gentleman off the field as much as he is on the field.
Why reprimand the Indians when the others - Aussie, England being the leaders of this trend of abusing the opponents. Why this double standards of handing a punishment to an asian but letting go off the pioneers of sledging scot free. Steve Waugh was the biggest sledger but did he ever get banned !!!
No surprise considering who their modern role models are in the Indian team.
No loss for the team. Zol doesn't seem to be in good touch and also not inspiring as a leader.
Zol and Ghani seem to learning from some of the bad boys of Indian cricket. I can only advise them to look up to Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman etc as role models rather than some of the pompous twits who play for India today.
Yes, no loss for the team, It would be great if he was dropped at league stage itself.
@ Muhammad Aqular Sheriffdeen . No thanks!. It is not good to change call when you lost the toss (WC final) and not good to argue with umpire about bad light to prevent victory of opposition (recent test vs Pak)
I have been watching some regional matches involving Indian cricketers and was disappointed to see such derogatory behavior existing in majority of the young Indian cricketers. Most of them are abusive with opponents and show no respect for the opponents. The fault lies with BCCI who don't want to discipline them and have always been shielding bad mouth and ill mannered cricketers like Kohli, Harbhajan and Gambhir.
ICC I look forward to no sledging in cricket. Be consistent!!
If the ICC is consistent they should follow this through with all forms of cricket and not stop at the under 19 level. I look forward to Australians, English, South Africans,.... getting similar fines.
Where ever we come from in the cricket world, we all have to accept the fact that there is only ONE role model any budding cricketer can learn from KUMAR SANGAKKARA a law college graduate who became a awesome cricketer. He is a real gentleman off the field as much as he is on the field.
Why reprimand the Indians when the others - Aussie, England being the leaders of this trend of abusing the opponents. Why this double standards of handing a punishment to an asian but letting go off the pioneers of sledging scot free. Steve Waugh was the biggest sledger but did he ever get banned !!!
No surprise considering who their modern role models are in the Indian team.
No loss for the team. Zol doesn't seem to be in good touch and also not inspiring as a leader.
Zol and Ghani seem to learning from some of the bad boys of Indian cricket. I can only advise them to look up to Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman etc as role models rather than some of the pompous twits who play for India today.
I dont know whats wrong with the young Indian players. Abusing opposition players all the time has become a norm for them which is simply not on. Aggression should show in the manner you play the game and not in the manner you treat opposition players. If it stays like this, soon matches would start requiring PG which is exactly where this is going!
Good move by the umpires and match referee, giving batsmen a volley of abuse when you've got them out is completely cowardly, I hope their coach has told them as much.
Emotions are good, being abusive isn't. They aren't the same thing.
Following the footsteps of Virat.
Zol and Ghani went over the top but emotions are good in players if they can make them and the team play better.
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Zol and Ghani went over the top but emotions are good in players if they can make them and the team play better.
Following the footsteps of Virat.
Emotions are good, being abusive isn't. They aren't the same thing.
Good move by the umpires and match referee, giving batsmen a volley of abuse when you've got them out is completely cowardly, I hope their coach has told them as much.
I dont know whats wrong with the young Indian players. Abusing opposition players all the time has become a norm for them which is simply not on. Aggression should show in the manner you play the game and not in the manner you treat opposition players. If it stays like this, soon matches would start requiring PG which is exactly where this is going!
Zol and Ghani seem to learning from some of the bad boys of Indian cricket. I can only advise them to look up to Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman etc as role models rather than some of the pompous twits who play for India today.
No loss for the team. Zol doesn't seem to be in good touch and also not inspiring as a leader.
No surprise considering who their modern role models are in the Indian team.
Why reprimand the Indians when the others - Aussie, England being the leaders of this trend of abusing the opponents. Why this double standards of handing a punishment to an asian but letting go off the pioneers of sledging scot free. Steve Waugh was the biggest sledger but did he ever get banned !!!
Where ever we come from in the cricket world, we all have to accept the fact that there is only ONE role model any budding cricketer can learn from KUMAR SANGAKKARA a law college graduate who became a awesome cricketer. He is a real gentleman off the field as much as he is on the field.