Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh slams ICC for letting off Cameron Bancroft with only a fine of 75 per cent of his match fee and not imposing a ban, despite his main role in the ball tampering scandal in the third Test against South Africa in Newlands.
Harbhajan recalled the 2001 South Africa Test where five Indians — Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Shiv Sunder Das and Deep Dasgupta, apart from him, were banned for at least a Test by match referee Mike Denness for various offences.
He also referred to the 2008 Sydney Test against Australia, termed as Monkey gate, where he was banned for three Tests for an alleged racial accusation against Andrew Symonds.
“wow @ICC wow. Great treatment nd FairPlay. No ban for Bancroft with all the evidences whereas 6 of us were banned for excessive appealing in South Africa 2001 without any evidence and Remember Sydney 2008? Not found guilty and banned for 3 matches.different people different rules,” he tweeted.
Australia captain Smith was earlier handed a one-match suspension and fined 100 percent of his match fee after he owned up to a ball-tampering conspiracy in South Africa.
However, opener Bancroft was fined 75 per cent of his match fee and handed three demerit points for breaching Level 2 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third day’s play. You may like| Watch: Cameron Bancroft ball tampering incident during 3rd Test vs South Africa
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The incident that led to the charges being laid took place during South Africa’s innings yesterday afternoon when Bancroft was seen on television holding a foreign object while rubbing the ball, before hiding the yellow object(tape) in his pocket, then inside his trousers.
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