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Nicholas Pooran Admits That He Tampered The Ball, Banned For

Mumbai: After a series win against Afghanistan, star West Indian batsman Nicholas Pooran on Wednesday was handed with a four-match suspension by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching level 3 of its Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.

A footage showed that he was scratching the surface of the ball with hist thumbnails that mean, “Pooran is charged with violating Article 2.14 of the code, which relates to “changing the condition of the ball.” “He will now miss the next four T20I games for the West Indies and will have five demerit points added to his record,” ICC said in a statement.

The incident took place during the third ODI against Afghanistan played on Monday. West Indies won the match by five wickets and by doing so, they white-washed Afghanistan in the three-match series.

After the suspension, Pooran issued a ‘sincere apology’ to his teammates, supporters and the Afghanistan team.

“I want to issue a sincere apology to my teammates, supporters and the Afghanistan team for what transpired on the field of play on Monday in Lucknow. I recognize that I made an extreme error in judgement and I fully accept the ICC penalty. I want to assure everyone that this is an isolated incident and it will not be repeated. I promise to learn from this and come back stronger and wiser,” he said.

As Pooran admitted the offence, there was no formal hearing he also accepted the sanction proposed by Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees.

The charge was levelled by on-field umpires Bismillah Shinwari and Ahmed Durrani and third umpire Ahmed Pakteen as well as fourth umpire Izatullah Safi.

West Indies will play 3 T20I’s against Bangladesh which will begin on November 14.

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