Ravindra Jadeja was fined 25 per cent of his match price and was additionally awarded a demerit level by the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) for making use of a soothing cream on his index finger with out informing the on-field umpires. The incident occurred throughout Day 1 of the primary Take a look at match between India and Australia when the digital camera confirmed that Jadeja took a substance from Mohammed Siraj’s palm and rubbed it onto the index finger of his left hand. Whereas a whole lot of controversy occurred over the incident, ICC made it fully clear that the cream was used for fully medical causes.

“Ravindra Jadeja was discovered to have breached Article 2.20 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Gamers and Participant Help Personnel, which pertains to displaying conduct that’s opposite to the spirit of the sport,” the ICC mentioned on its official web site.

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“India crew administration had defined that the finger spinner was making use of the cream to a swelling on the index finger of his bowling hand. This was performed with out asking for permission from the on-field umpires,” the assertion added.

“In reaching his determination to sanction the participant together with the Degree 1 sanction he imposed, the Match Referee was glad that the cream was utilized to the finger purely for medical functions. The cream was not utilized as a man-made substance to the ball and consequently, it didn’t change the situation of the ball, which might have been in breach of clause 41.3 of the ICC taking part in situations – Unfair Play – The Match Ball – Altering its Situation,” the web site additional acknowledged.

The assertion from ICC debunked the theories put ahead by former cricketers Michael Vaughan and Tim Paine who alleged that the cream may be related to tampering with the situation of the match ball. Nonetheless, there have been numerous consultants and former cricketers who got here out in help of the Indian cricket crew all-rounder and defined that it was only a soothing drugs.