New Sri Lanka Twenty20 captain Wanindu Hasaranga was given a two-match ban by the International Cricket Council on Saturday for abusing an umpire throughout this week’s series-ending loss towards Afghanistan. The 26-year-old remonstrated with onfield umpire Lyndon Hannibal after the match for failing to name a no-ball on a excessive supply to Kamindu Mendis within the closing over, when Sri Lanka wanted 11 from three balls. The ICC mentioned in a press release the encounter had breached its code of conduct on “personal abuse”, with Hasaranga accumulating sufficient demerit factors over the previous two years to earn the ban and a high quality of fifty % of his match charge.

“Hasaranga stands suspended from Sri Lanka’s first two T20Is against Bangladesh next month,” the assertion mentioned.

Replays confirmed that Wafadar Momand‘s supply had been above waist-high and Hasaranga continued to vent his frustrations after the match.

“If you can’t see that, that umpire isn’t suited to international cricket,” he mentioned, in line with Cricinfo. “It would be much better if he did another job.”

Sri Lanka went on to lose the match by three runs after Mendis hit a six on the ultimate ball however received the collection 2-1 in an in any other case wretched tour for Afghanistan, who misplaced all three ODIs and the only real Test.

The ICC additionally fined Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz 15 % of his charge for a similar match for disobeying umpire directions.

“The sanction was imposed on Rahmanullah for changing the grip of his bat on the field of play despite being repeatedly warned not to do so,” the assertion mentioned.

It mentioned each gamers had “admitted the offences and accepted the sanctions”.

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