Bangladesh fast bowler Nahid Rana has been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the first ODI against Australia in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Naheed was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to ““Using language, actions or gestures that insult or provoke an aggressive reaction when a batsman is out during an international match.”
Additionally, one demerit point has been added to Nahid’s disciplinary record, for which this was the second offense in a 24-month period, bringing his cumulative demerit points to two.
The incident happened on 11thth During Australia’s innings, when Rana, after dismissing Josh Inglis, attacked the dismissed batsman aggressively and used inappropriate language, which could have led to an aggressive reaction from the batsman.
Naheed pleaded guilty and accepted the sanction proposed by Prakash Bhatt of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Referees, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
On-field umpires Alex Wharfe and Ghazi Sohail, third umpire Ahsan Raza and fourth umpire Morshed Ali Khan made the allegations.
Level 1 violations include a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 percent of the player’s match fee and one or two demerit points.
Notes to editors:
*When a player reaches four or more demerit points within a 24-month period, they are converted to suspension points, and the player is banned.
**Two suspension points equals a ban from one Test or two ODIs or two T20Is, whichever comes first for the player
***Demerit points will remain on the disciplinary record of a player or player support personnel for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the date they are imposed, after which they will be expunged.