Bangladesh T20I captain Shakib Al Hasan was fined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching the Code of Conduct during the first T20I against the touring West Indies on Monday at Sylhet. Shakib was fined 15 percent of his match fee for breaching Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to ‘showing dissent at an umpire’s decision’. In addition, Shakib was also handed one demerit point, his second such penalty since the introduction of the system in September 2016, for the offence during hosts’ eight-wicket defeat. The all-rounder’s was handed the first demerit point for an offence during a T20I against Sri Lanka in March this year.
Shakib’s new code breaching incident happened on 14th over of Bangladesh’s innings in the first T20 of ongoing three-match series against West Indies when he was at the striker’s end, showed dissent at the umpire’s decision of not calling a wide when he first shouted at the umpire and then involved in a long animated discussion.
After the match, on-field umpire Saikat Sharfuddoula and Tanvir Ahmed, third umpire Masudur Rahman and fourth umpire Gazi Sohel levelled the charge against Bangladesh captain, and Shakib admitted his wrongdoing and accepted the sanctions proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires. So, there was no need for a formal hearing.
