{"id":23468,"date":"2026-06-19T03:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/vaibhav-sooryavanshi-row-bcci-secretary-breaks-silence-on-sri-lanka-incident-says-board-has-no-role-to-play-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T03:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:29:13","slug":"vaibhav-sooryavanshi-row-bcci-secretary-breaks-silence-on-sri-lanka-incident-says-board-has-no-role-to-play-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/vaibhav-sooryavanshi-row-bcci-secretary-breaks-silence-on-sri-lanka-incident-says-board-has-no-role-to-play-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi row: BCCI secretary breaks silence on Sri Lanka incident, says board has &#8216;no role to play&#8217; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131823769,imgsize-40132,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/vaibhav-sooryavanshi.jpg\" alt=\"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi row: BCCI secretary breaks silence on Sri Lanka incident, says board has 'no role to play'\" title=\"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi against Sri Lanka A. (Video grab)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi against Sri Lanka A. (Video grab)\">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi against Sri Lanka A. (Video grab)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has dismissed speculation surrounding possible action against teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi following his heated altercation with Sri Lanka A cricketer Vishen Halambage during the recent tri-nation A series match, insisting that the Indian board has no role in matters that fall under the jurisdiction of match officials.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The incident occurred after Halambage allegedly made provocative remarks during Sri Lanka A&#8217;s Super Over victory over India A. Tempers flared as the Sri Lankan player came close to the 15-year-old batter, prompting Sooryavanshi to push him away during the exchange.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Responding to widespread social media chatter over a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bcci\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">BCCI<\/a> crackdown, Saikia expressed surprise at the speculation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>&#8220;A lot of things are going on in the social media that BCCI is contemplating action, etc. <!-- -->Do you want BCCI to step into the domain of match referee?&#8221; Saikia counter-questioned, while speaking to news agency PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8216;BCCI have no role to play&#8217;<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The BCCI secretary stressed that disciplinary matters on the field are handled by the designated officials and that the board would not interfere with the established process.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>&#8220;The BCCI is not an authority, we should not intrude into the area where the match referee and the umpires are the main persons who can take any decision regarding any incident that had happened in the playground,&#8221; Saikia said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>&#8220;Whatever had happened, it was a part of the game, and the BCCI have no role to play. The role is of the match referee. If anything is going wrong, he will take a call, the umpires will take a call, and there is a system in place,&#8221; added Saikia, who is also an eminent lawyer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Sri Lankan players sanctioned after ugly scenes<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Meanwhile, as per a PTI report, Sri Lanka Cricket-appointed match referee Pradeep Jeyapragash handed sanctions to Halambage and senior wicketkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/niroshan-dickwella\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Niroshan Dickwella<\/a> for separate offences arising from the match.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>The report indicated that Halambage was penalised for provocative comments directed at Indian batters after Sri Lanka&#8217;s Super Over triumph, while Dickwella, who had attempted to prevent the confrontation from escalating, was sanctioned for excessive appealing.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>The exact nature of the punishments remains unclear, and there has been no official confirmation on whether Indian players, including Sooryavanshi and captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/tilak-varma\/70761\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Tilak Varma<\/a>, received warnings or any disciplinary action.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>The flashpoint came after both teams finished on 265, forcing a Super Over. Chasing 17, India A managed only nine runs, with Sooryavanshi scoring six off the final three deliveries bowled by left-arm pacer Kugathas Mathulan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/vaibhav-sooryavanshi-row-bcci-secretary-breaks-silence-on-sri-lanka-incident\/articleshow\/131823764.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi against Sri Lanka A. (Video grab) BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has dismissed speculation surrounding possible action against teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi following his heated altercation with Sri Lanka A cricketer Vishen Halambage during the recent tri-nation A series match, insisting that the Indian board has no role in matters that fall under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}