Randiv clears out no-ball hype with Sehwag
August 17, 2010 12:41 pm
Sri Lanka Cricket sources told Ada Derana that Lankan
spinner Suraj Randiv has personally cleared out the misunderstanding with Indian
batsman Virender Sehwag
regarding yesterday’s no-ball incident. Meanwhile Sehwag in his official
twitter page wrote, “Randiv came to my room and apologised,”
Sources
claimed that Randiv had gone up to Shewag’s hotel room this morning to talk
about media hype over the incident.
During yesterday’s one day match with India requiring one run to win and
with Sehwag on strike just one shy of his century, Sri Lankan off-spinner Suraj
Randiv bowled a massive no-ball, overstepping the popping crease by a few feet.
Sehwag, who hit that ball for 6, was denied a century because the no-ball offence was committed first, and it raised wide spread speculation especially on Indian media that it was a deliberate ploy to deny the batsman his hundred.
The Sri Lankan Cricket Board has responded to the issue with the
following press release:
“We are perturbed and
disconcerted by the news reports which indicate that Virender Sehwag had been
deliberately deprived of a reaching a century by Suraj Randiv bowling a no ball
in the last over.
“Sri Lanka Cricket
being winners of the ‘ICC Spirit of the game’ award for two consecutive years
is extremely proud of its Team and their achievements and conduct both on and
off the field, as such it is necessary to clear the good name of Sri Lanka
Cricket and Sri Lanka as a sporting nation, on a priority basis.
“In this endeavor, Sri
Lanka Cricket officials have requested the Sri Lanka National Team Manager, Mr.
Anura Tennekoon, to conduct an immediate internal inquiry and forward a
comprehensive report in this regard, where action will be taken accordingly.”