BCCI identifies 177 chuckers, fines 110 players for indiscipline in 2015

In 2015, the BCCI’s Code of Conduct and Suspect Action listed a total of 177 bowlers who have been booked for suspect actions and 110 were charged on disciplinary grounds. The teams and their captains were no exceptions as 25 of them were been charged for slow over rates.

West Bengal has the most number of domestic cricketers who had to face the umpire’s ire. Pramod Chandila was fined 10 percent of his match fees twice this Ranji season. Apart from him, eight other Bengal players were reprimanded for breaching the code of ethics during the season. Haryana team happens to be the team of gentlemen in 2015. No player from Haryana was booked or reprimanded in the last year’s domestic Ranji season.

The most infamous behavior this season happens to be the Gautam Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary‘s on-field verbal spat. Delhi’s Ranji team captain Gambhir was fined 70 percent of his match fees due to his behavior at the Feroz Shah Kotla where he had threatened to ‘beat’ the Manoj Tiwary. It’s not only him in the Delhi team who has been unruly, a total of nine Delhi players were found guilty of misbehavior.

Here is the full list of cricketers fined for indiscipline

Delhi: Nine players were charged for indiscipline. Captain Gautam Gambhir had to cop a fine of 70% and 10% of his match fee.

Mumbai: Surya Kumar Yadav was docked 50% of his match fee during a game against Andhra.

Hyderabad: Three under-19 players and pacer Sudeep Tyagi were reprimanded by the match referee.

Tripura: Abhijeet Dey was fined 10% and a U-19 player reprimanded.

Andhra: DB Prashant and AG Pradeep were docked 50% in one game.

Baroda: No fine was imposed on the players but seven players, including a U-19 guy, were reprimanded.

Assam: Coach Sanath Kumar was hauled up and Arun Karthick was docked 20% match fee.

Bengal: Manoj Tiwari and Laxmi Ratan Shukla were fined 10% and 20%. Nine from Bengal were pulled up by the referees.

Kerala: Among the five charged, under-19 player S Nazir was fined 20%.

Jharkhand: Ishank Jaggi was charged with 20% of his match fee.

Railways: While captain Mahesh Rawat and Karn Sharma were reprimanded once, Anureet Singh was fined 20%.

Uttar Pradesh: Praveen Kumar was fined 30% and wicketkeeper-batsman Eklavya Dwivedi was handed 50% fine.

Himachal Pradesh: Rishi Dhawan was the only player pulled up by the ref.

Maharashtra: Ankit Bawane was docked 20% and three others hauled up.

Punjab: Manan Vohra was once handed a 20% fine. He was also reprimanded once.

Team Rajasthan: Two under 19 players were pulled up.

Karnataka: Six players, including KL Rahul and Manish Pandey, were pulled up. CM Gautam had to cop fines of 20% and 10%.

Tamil Nadu: K Bharat Shankar of under 23 was twice charged with 10 percent and 50 percent of his match fees against Gujarat under 23. Whereas in the senior side, two players were left with a warning.

Odisha: Basant Mohanty was fined 20% and two others reprimanded.

Gujarat: Himalaya Bardia was docked 20% in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match.

Saurashtra: Two players were reprimanded

Vidarbha: Shrikant Wagh was fined 60% and four players sanctioned.

Madhya Pradesh: One under 19 players reprimanded

Jammu & Kashmir: One under 16 players was hauled up

Goa: One under 19 players were reprimanded

Services: Khalil Ahmed was fined 50% and two more pulled up

Also, BCCI looks to have a strong stance against the problem of chucking. Rahul Dravid had pointed out in a press conference earlier this year that the issue of chucking cannot be done away with by just punishing the bowlers. Dravid, who is currently the coach of India U-19 team, believes the issue has to be addressed at the grassroot level and coaches must find and correct bowlers with faulty action in the early stages itself.

BCCI also feels that the coaches can play a huge role in curbing the chucking problem has affected a lot of players. Ratnakar Shetty, the BCCI general manager for game development said that the Indian board has asked its umpires to be strict in taking disciplinary actions against the players with suspect bowling actions. He also mentioned that the umpires workshop which happened in Chennai SRMC had a session where they were instructed on ways to detect suspect actions. They have also been acquainted with the reporting system for these cases.

“Coaches are responsible for this, it’s the state association’s responsibility to ensure that they take measures to help the cricketers with suspect actions to overcome the problem. At least one association I know, Karnataka, have formed a committee to monitor junior cricketers.” Shetty, the BCCI general manager pointed out.

Here is the list of bowlers who were reported, tested and barred from bowling in the 2015 Ranji season

Akhil Herwadkar (Mumbai) during Ranji Trophy twice, January 2015 and October 2015

SKM Basha (Andhra) during Ranji Trophy, December 2014

Ankush Jaiswal (Mumbai) during Ranji Trophy, November 2015

T Natarajan (Tamil Nadu) during Ranji Trophy, January 2015

Jesal Karia (Gujarat) during Senior One Dayers, December 2015

Kavish Panchal (Gujarat) during Cooch Behar Trophy (U-19), December 2015

Chandan Sahani (Hyderabad) during Cooch Behar Trophy (U-19), December 2015

Surya Teja (Hyderabad) during Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-16), October 2014

Bowlers who have been called in a match

Ishank Jaggi (Jharkhand) during Interstate ODIs, November 2014

Karun Bidhuri (Delhi) during Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-16), October 2014

Ritik CP Singh (Himachal Pradesh) during Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-16), October 2014

Basu Das (Tripura) during Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-16), November 2014

Bowlers reported twice and not allowed to bowl

N S Vineel Kumar (Andhra) both during CK Nayudu Trophy (U-23), December 2014

Sarupam Purkayastha (Assam) both during Ranji Trophy, October/December 2015

Ankit Dindod (Gujarat) both during Vinoo Mankad Trophy (U-19), October 2014

Abrar Kazi (Karnataka) both during Ranji Trophy, January & February 2015

Manish Pandey (Karnataka) both during Ranji Trophy, January 2015

Ankit Bawne (Maharashtra) once during Interstate ODI then Deodhar Trophy, November & December 2014

Paras Ratnaparkhe (Maharashtra) once during Vinoo Mankad Trophy (U-19) then Cooch Behar Trophy (U-19),

October & November 2015

Shubham Joshi (Madhya Pradesh) both during Vijay Merchant (U-16) knockouts, January 2015

Pratik Das (Odisha), both during domestic T20s, March 2015

Dhawal Solanki (Saurashtra), both during Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-16), October 2014

Varun Palandurkar (Vidarbha), both during Vinoo Mankad Trophy (U-19), October 2015

Bowlers reported in two separate seasons

Shamsher Yadav (Haryana) both during CK Nayudu Trophy (U-23), December 2014 & October 2015

Akshay Agarwal (Vidarbha) both during Cooch Behar Trophy (U-19), November 2014 & November 2015

David Shahare (Vidarbha) both during Cooch Behar Trophy (U-19), December 2014 & November 2015

Women cricketers were also under scrutiny and umpires reported six of them in 2015.

Bowlers in women’s cricket reported twice

Jwala Devi Jat (Team Rajasthan) during Senior Women’s T20, January & November 2015

Disha Kasat (Vidarbha) once during Sr Women’s ODI and then U-19 Women’s, December 2014 & September 2015

Bhakti Shastri (Saurashtra), both during Sr Woman’s ODIs, December 2014

Shobhita Bamne (Mumbai), both during Women’s U-19, September & October 2015

Devyani Prasad (Jharkhand) both Women’s U-19, November 2014

Shiuli Chakraborty (Tripura) both during Women’s U-19, October 2014 & September 2015

This crackdown clearly shows the intention of the BCCI that it is not going to tolerate any player who flouts the rules and hampers the nature of the game.