No complaints lodged against Santokie no-ball issue - BBPL technical committee chairman
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Raquibul Hasan, match referee, and Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League’s technical committee chairman said on Saturday that no complaint has been lodged against controversial Krishmar Santokie by their team.
Sylhet Thunder's controversial pace bowler Santokie made it into the playing XI against Rajshahi Royals despite raising quite a few eyebrows in the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League opener at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday.
Earlier, Thunders team director Tanjil Chowdhury revealed that they have requested Bangladesh Cricket Board to investigate the wide and no-ball of Santokie in his opening over against Chattogram Challengers in the first game of the ongoing BBPL.
Santokie bowled a huge wide in his third delivery but the no-ball that he bowled two balls later cannot be ignored as just something like part of the game considering the length he overstepped.
Social media was understandably abuzz, with the image of Sylhet Thunder bowler Santokie going over by several inches during their match against Chattogram Challengers in Dhaka being shared around.
‘’Technical committee won’t do anything [regarding Santokie no-ball],’’ Raquibul told reporters at the Sher-e- Bangla National Stadium.
‘’It comes under betting or match-fixing criteria, squad betting [so it is up the Anti-Corruption Unit],’’ he said.
‘’An official [Tanjil] of the board has brought the matter upfront. That was a huge no-ball and I saw Aamir doing it in Lords. It doesn’t come into our reference. I can’t comment on this,’’ he said.
Raquibul said that though there was nothing in the captain’s report if BBPL governing council arrange any hearing than a lot of things can be cleared.
‘’If they make arrangements for hearings, he has explained it there,’’ said Raquibul.
‘’Have to see the footage and also have to see if he had the same track record in the past,’’ he said.
‘’He also played the next match and didn’t bowl well in one over. This is under the anti-corruption unit. I was the match referee in that match but I didn’t get any report regarding that,’’ he said.
