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#4 There is no provision for a life ban for ball tampering in ICC code of Conduct
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When, arguably one of the greatest batsmen of Indian cricket and one of its most decent characters, Rahul Dravid was caught rubbing a lozenge on the ball, he was only handed a fine. Steven Smith has faced a harsher sanction of being banned for a match.
It is the perception of his crime, thanks to his presser, that has made him a condemned man. Going beyond the ICC provisions for the same will amount to an extra-judicial sentence and will not be fair when looked back in hindsight.
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Edited by Tanya Rudra
