Updated December 13th, 2019 at 17:09 IST

3 feet huge no-ball in BPL comes under ICC scanner for spot fixing

West Indies medium-pacer Krishmar Santokie's huge 3 feet no-ball is being investigated by ICC & BCB. He had bowled this delivery during the BPL opener

Reported by: Suman Ray
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It was perhaps never seen at any cricket premier league so far -- a 3-feet long huge and abnormal no ball bowled by a bowler who had also bowled a 3-feet wide ball in the same match as well.

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Krishmar Santokie's huge no-ball

That was exactly done by a West Indies medium-pacer Krishmar Santokie in the opening match between Sylhet Thunders and Chattogram Challengers of Bangladesh Premier League on Tuesday and as a result, has come under ICC & BCB scanner for fixing. Earlier, Santokie had bowled a huge 3-feet wide ball as well in the match while bowling the second over of the innings.

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BCB & ICC investigate the matter

Both Bangladesh Cricket Board and ICC have started investigating the huge no-ball bowled by Santokie while playing for Sylhet. Sylhet team director Tanzil Chaudhary informed BCB about the incident and also raised doubts about the player's selection during the auction saying that he doubted the intentions of the sponsors of the team to include Santokie while they had options of taking better cricketers, BCB sources confirmed.

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Published December 13th, 2019 at 16:31 IST