| IPL Ban - Manish Pandey gets a four-match ban |
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| Monday, 07 February 2011 05:46 |
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Cracking the whip, the Indian Premier League today slapped a four-match ban on young Karnataka batsman Manish Pandey, who has been signed up by Sahara Pune Warriors for the fourth season of the T20 league, for breaching its guidelines. Speaking to reporters after a marathon meeting of the T20 League's Governing Council, chairman Chirayu Amin said that Pandey, through his agent, had haggled with several franchises. "Pandey's agent was negotiating with a number of franchises," was how Amin put it. The Bangalore Royal Challengers, whom Pandey has represented in the last two editions of the IPL had complained to the IPL Governing Council, saying that Pandey was in touch with rival teams and was demanding a bigger pay-cheque against the rules for uncapped players. Sources in the Pune franchise said Pandey had given a signed affidavit to the IPL that he would play for them this season. The 21-year old Karnataka batsman is hot property, for he is the first Indian to score a century in the IPL. He moved to RCB in 2009 after playing for the Mumbai Indians in the inaugural edition of the IPL |