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Sylhet Sunrisers’ captain Ravi Bopara has been fined 75 percent of his match fees for breaching a Code of Conduct during the ongoing BPL against Premier Bank Khulna Tigers on 07 February. Three demerit points have also been added to his disciplinary record.

The Technical Committee of BPL sanctioned the penalties following an appeal by Bopara against a three-match ban imposed by the Match Referee Debabrata Paul for the initial charge brought forward by the umpires for a Level 3 (2.14) offence which relates to ‘Changing the condition of the ball’ and is a breach of clause 41.3 of the BBPL Match Playing Conditions.

After the appeal hearing on 08 February, the Head of the Technical Committee A.S.M. Roquibul Hassan decided to reverse the suspension and imposed the fine in accordance with the authority awarded to the Technical Committee in Article 8.2.3.4 of the CoC which states that ‘_the Technical Committee shall have the power to increase or decrease, amend or otherwise substitute a new decision on the appropriateness (or otherwise) of the sanction imposed at first instance.

 It is further confirmed as per Article 8.2.3.6 that, ‘_Any decision made by the Technical Committee under this Article 8.2, shall be the full, final and complete disposition of the matter and will be binding on all parties.

Pursuant to Article 7.5 of the Code, if Bopara reaches four (04) or more demerit points in the tournament, that will be converted into match suspension. Four demerit points equate to a one-match ban.