Cheteshwar Pujara (left). (Photo: ANI)
London: India middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who is leading Sussex in Division II of the County Championship, has actually been slapped with a one-match restriction while the group has actually been handed a 12-point charge after the club got their 4th set charge of the season. The club got its 3rd and 4th charges of the season throughout their win over Leicestershire at Hove in the current round of the County Championship recently.
Based On County Championships guidelines, building up 4 charges throughout a season immediately sets off a 12-point reduction under guideline 4.29 of the Professional Conduct Regulations. Policy 3.0 states that a captain who led the side in all of the matches where the charges were gotten will likewise be suspended for one match when the four-penalty limit is crossed, according to reports in the English media.
Cheteshwar Pujara has actually been suspended for a match after Sussex got a 12 point charge in the County Championship. pic.twitter.com/CzDpsAbUuW– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 18, 2023
Sussex entered the video game versus Leicestershire with 2 repaired charges versus them. Pujara was the very first to get a charge when he was reprimanded for ‘wilfully maltreating any part of the cricket ground, devices or executes utilized in the match’ in Sussex’s very first match of the season versus Durham. Tom Haines was reprimanded throughout a component versus Yorkshire in April.
In the match versus Leicestershire, Haines was the perpetrator once again as he was reported by the umpires for a Level One offense. Jack Carson likewise got a private set charge for a Level Two offense (making improper and purposeful physical contact with another gamer). Both gamers have actually been dropped from Sussex’s team for their next match versus Derbyshire, as has Ari Karvelas, with an examination in location concerning him.
Pujara has actually scored 3 centuries for Sussex this season and averages 54.08. Tom Alsop will captain the side versus Derbyshire, beginning on Tuesday, prior to Pujara is as soon as again readily available for choice in the last round of matches. “It is a fantastic embarassment that these occurrences have actually stained what was a great video game versus Leicestershire, and all the effort that has actually entered into the season. I am dissatisfied for our great members and advocates and can guarantee them we will be striving to make certain we are not in this position once again,” Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace was estimated as stating by the media.
“Ultimately it has actually cost us the schedule of Cheteshwar and we have actually been subtracted 12 points. We have actually likewise chosen it is not suitable for Ari Karvelas to be provided for choice till the examination that remains in location has actually been concluded. This offers other gamers in our team with a terrific chance to reveal they can carry out at this level, and more notably, contribute towards the group difficulty to win matches in the County Championship,” he stated.