GROS-ISLET, SAINT LUCIA: Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Chandimal will miss his side's third Test against the West Indies in the wake of being discovered liable of ball altering by the International Cricket Council on Tuesday.Chandimal was discovered blameworthy of changing the state of the ball amid the second day's play of the second Test, which closed at Gros Islet on Monday.
"Unmistakably Dinesh Chandimal connected a counterfeit substance to the ball, to be specific spit containing the buildup of something he had in his mouth, an activity which is disallowed under the ICC Code of Conduct," said coordinate official Javagal Srinath after the judgment.
The player was associated with utilizing spit and a sweet to mess with the ball and give it more turn after TV pictures lifted it up.
The Sri Lanka skipper got two suspension focuses and was fined 100 for every penny of his match charge.
The focuses liken to a restriction from one Test or two ODIs or two T20Is, whatever starts things out for the player, Chandimal will now miss the day/night Barbados Test, beginning from Saturday.
Clarifying the choice Srinath said he had inspected the pictures precisely.
He remarked: "Dinesh took something from his pocket and place it into his mouth. In the wake of sucking or biting whatever he put in his mouth for a couple of moments Dinesh at that point continued to spit on his finger and clean the ball with his salivation which would have contained the buildup of the fake substance that he had in his mouth, on two separate events."
The official likewise said that Chandimal had been not as much as persuading with all due respect.
"Amid the hearing, Dinesh confessed to placing something in his mouth yet couldn't recollect what it was, which I discovered unconvincing as a guard," he said.
There was no prompt remark from Sri Lanka's cricket board when reached by AFP on Tuesday.
At the season of the episode Chandimal denied charges when they were documented by on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Ian Gould, and third umpire Richard Kettleborough.
There were worries that the Test coordinate was in danger on the third morning on Saturday when Chandimal declined to lead his group onto the field for the continuation of the Windies first innings after he was educated of the charge by the umpires and the use of a five-run punishment.
Play was postponed for two hours as energized exchanges occurred including Srinath and Sri Lankan group authorities.
With the second Test drawn Windies lead the three-Test arrangement 1-0.
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