Anyone guilty in no-ball controversy will be punished: Sanga

Dambulla (Sri Lanka), Aug 18 (PTI) Sri Lanka captain
Kumar Sangakkara Wednesday took full responsibility for the
'no-ball' incident during his team's tri-series match against
India and said any player found guilty will be punished.
"I have taken full responsibility for what had happened
and the matter is with the (Sri Lanka Cricket) Board. Any
player guilty in the incident will have to be punished,"
Sangakkara said at a press conference.
With the scores levelled in Monday's tri-series match
between India and Sri Lanka, off-spinner Suraj Randiv bowled a
no ball to deny Virender Sehwag a hundred and the ploy was
condemned by everyone as it was not within the spirit of the
game. Sehwag was left stranded on 99 though he hit the no-ball
for a six.
According to local media, it was home side batsman
Tillakaratne Dilshan who suggested Randiv to bowl the no-ball
to Sehwag.
Sangakkara did not say anything about who coaxed Randiv
to bowl the no-ball but suggested his players should uphold
the spirit of the game.
"That (playing in the spirit of the game) is a grey
area and it is not in black and white. It is for all the teams
in the world. All the teams have experienced something or the
other. Presenting yourself well on and off the field and
making efforts to play fair are I think part of our job," he
said.
"As professionals, however, we try to forget what had
happened at the beginning or the end of a match and try to go
ahead. So, we have to get the better of the situation and try
to win every match we play. That is what we are going to do
now," he added.
Meanwhile, a six-member committee of Sri Lanka Cricket
will meet this afternoon to take action on the recommendations
of team manager who probed the 'no-ball' incident.
"A six-member interim committee has been set up by the
SLC to consider the recommendations in the report submitted by
team manager last night," a top source said today.
The source said the meeting will focus on the video
footages of the last three balls of India's run chase in the
tri-series match which the visiting side won by six wickets.
Sri Lanka Cricket interim chairman DS de Silva will head
the committee while his secretary Nishantha Ranatunga and
treasurer Sujeewa Rajapakse and three other SLC officials are
the other members. PTI PDS RET
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