“Match over… now you go home…” – something along those lines was allegedly said by Vishen Halambage to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, sparking an instant flare-up between the two after the conclusion of a tempers-marred Super Over contest between India A and Sri Lanka A in Dambulla on Monday evening. The two players were seen getting physical before teammates intervened to defuse the situation.
The physical altercation could have had serious consequences for the players involved. However, the International Cricket Council (ICC) does not normally adjudicate disciplinary matters arising from A-team series. Nor does it appoint the match officials for such series.
Post-match, there was a discussion in the Sri Lanka A dressing room, during which several suggestions were made, one of them being that the team should apologise to the Indian side. Whether they will do so remains to be seen, but the situation should never have reached that point in the first place, especially given that the match had ended in a tie and there was arguably insufficient light for a Super Over to be played.
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