Ravindra Jadeja Posts Cryptic Message After One-Test Ban
Aug 7, 2017 at 8:30 PM
A day after being handed a one-match suspension by the International Cricket Council (ICC), India spinner Ravindra Jadeja posted a cryptic message on Twitter which looks like a dig at the governing game of the body.
The left-arm spinner was adjudged the Man of the Match for his all-round show in India’s massive series-clinching win on Sunday (August 6). Virat Kohli & Co. thrashed Sri Lanka by an innings and 53 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the three match series and Jadeja played an integral role in deciding the outcome of the match. The Saurashtra star not only scored an unbeaten 70 in the first innings but also took 7 wickets including a match-turning 5-wicket haul in the second innings.
Dreams is not what you see in sleep is the thing which doesn't let you sleep #hardwork #MOMtrophy pic.twitter.com/O4gwzvmufj
— Ravindrasinh jadeja (@imjadeja) August 6, 2017
However, his joy was short-lived when the ICC found him guilty of breaching article 2.2.8 of the player’s code of conduct which deals with “throwing a ball (or any other item of cricket equipment such as a water bottle) at or near a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other third person in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner during an International Match”.
The incident had happened in the 58th over of Sri Lanka’s second innings on Saturday (August 5) when Jadeja, after fielding off his own bowling, threw the ball back to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha even though the batsman had not left his crease. Consequently, he was given handed one-match suspension and was fined 50 percent of his match fee. He will now miss the third Test at Pallekele starting on August 12.
Meanwhile, it seems Jadeja is not happy with the punishment and took to Twitter to post a cryptic message. And while it is still not clear as to why he posted the tweet, it looks like a dig towards the ICC.
“Hum sharif kya hue puri duniya hi badmash ho gayi,” he tweeted.
— Ravindrasinh jadeja (@imjadeja) August 7, 2017