BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia insisted on Saturday that in order to protect the Indian Premier League’s reputation, players and officials must uphold the established etiquette. He also stated that the governing body is looking into more strict measures to “rein in” the offending parties.
Saikia’s remarks were made shortly after team manager Romi Bhinder and captain Riyan Parag of the Rajasthan Royals were fined for two different instances during the current IPL.
“In the press release we have very clearly said that we are exploring some other options on how to rein in the teams which are violating the norms,” PTI quoted Saikia telling reporters at the BCCI headquarters.
“We will be taking some action and we are looking at various terms and conditions and protocols of the IPL on how the teams should behave…,” he added.
Bhinder was fined Rs 1 lakh for violating PMOA policy after using a cell phone in the dug-out, while Parag was fined Rs 25 lakh for being seen on camera vaping.
“It is not only their players or an official, as a team they have to maintain certain decorum so that the image of IPL is never adversely affected. To ensure that we have to take a call and we’ll be taking some action,” Saikia said.
The board had stated in their email announcing the action against Parag, “The BCCI is also exploring other options to initiate proceedings for stringent action against the erring team, its officials and player/s to ensure that the reputation of IPL remains intact.”
Given that vaping is completely prohibited in the nation under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act 2019, Saikia responded when asked if the Punjab police had contacted the BCCI, “No. There is no such situation.”
According to Saikia, the IPL playoff locations will be revealed by the BCCI in “two days.”
“We are going to announce the venues in two days’ time. We are working on, which all can be our appropriate venues for the IPL playoffs and the finals. So, we’ll take another two days’ time,” he said.
when asked if India would travel to Bangladesh for a limited-overs series later this year, Saikia responded: “Our home schedule is packed after the IPL…. (there is a series against) Afghanistan, then the UK (tour). After the UK tour, we’ll think about the remaining part of the season.”
