Player Fined By BCCI For Chatting With Girlfriend During Live Match

A
Tamil
Nadu
domestic
c ickete
has
bee
ha ded
a
₹1
lakh
fi e
a d
expelled
f om
the
o goi g
Tamil
Nadu
P emie
League
(TNPL
2026)
afte
bei g
caught
usi g
a
mobile
pho e
i side
the
est icted
a ea
du i g
a
match.
The
pe alty
was
e fo ced
by
the
BCCI& squo;s
A ti-Co uptio
a d
Secu ity
U it
(ACSU).

While
officials
have
withheld
the
playe ‘s
ame,
a
se io
Tamil
Nadu
C icket
Associatio
(TNCA)
ep ese tative
co fi med
that
the
offe de
is
a
left-ha ded
batte
who
otched
two
fifties
du i g
the
p evious
Ra ji
T ophy
seaso .

B each
of
I teg ity,
Not
Match-Fixi g

Autho ities
cla ified
that
the
i cide t
i volved
o
bookmake s,
co upt
app oaches,
o
betti g
ties:
The
c ickete
was
caught
texti g
his
gi lf ie d
while
the
match
was
u de way.

The
Violatio

BCCI
ules
explicitly
p ohibit
a y
playe
o
suppo t
staff
membe
f om
possessi g
o
ope ati g
commu icatio
devices
withi
desig ated
match
a eas.
I
additio
to
a
immediate
suspe sio
f om
the
emai de
of
TNPL
2026,
the
playe
was
slapped
with
a
mo eta y
fi e.
Fu the
discipli a y
actio
may
follow
o ce
the
full
i qui y
co cludes.

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Vi at
Kohli
A d
Rohit
Sha ma
B eak
The
I te et
With
Pat iotic
I-Day
Messages

U de sta di g
PMOA
P otocol
&
Rece t
P ecede ts

The
Playe s
a d
Match
Officials
A ea
(PMOA)
is
desig ed
as
a
secu e,
isolated
zo e
du i g
p ofessio al
c icket
matches.

U de
ACSU
ma dates,
all
pa ticipa ts
–
i cludi g
playe s,
coaches,
ma age s,
a d
suppo t
c ew
–
a e
equi ed
to
su e de
thei
mobile
pho es,
sma twatches,
a d
commu icatio
devices
to
secu ity
pe so el
befo e
e te i g
the
d essi g
ooms
o
dugouts.

The
st ict ess
of
these
egulatio s
has
bee
ei fo ced
epeatedly
i
domestic
a d
i te atio al
tou ame ts.
Ea lie
du i g
IPL
2026,
Rajastha
Royals
team
ma age
Ravi de
Si gh
‘Romi’
Bhi de
was
simila ly
fi ed
₹1
lakh
afte
bei g
spotted
ope ati g
a
mobile
device
i
the
team
dugout.

Additio ally,
the
ACSU
has
expa ded
its
watch-list
to
cove
mode
wea able
tech ology.
Items
such
as
sma t
glasses
a d
eco di g-capable
eyewea
a e
ow
explicitly
ba ed
withi
the
PMOA
due
to
thei
ability
to
st eam
visual
a d
audio
data.

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