New Delhi: Any player, player support personnel or match official will be banned for up to three IPL matches and will be fined Rs 5 lakh if that person thrice breaches rules that bar carrying any mobile device, laptop computer, static/landline, or similar telephone capable of making calls in the Players and Match Officials Areas (PMOA) during IPL matches.
This, and other lesser penalties for these types of breaches, will be “immediately binding and non-appealable”, say rules enshrined in the BCCI’s minimum standards for PMOA during IPL matches.
The PMOA are broadly earmarked in and around the players’ dressing rooms and those occupied by match officials – umpires and match referee – at a stadium that is hosting a match. Accreditation cards, carrying the bearer’s photos, are issued to all players, match officials, and even waiters who serve in the PMOA.
For the first time…