Latest ICC rankings announced, Former Sri Lankan captain charged by ICC, and more - Cricket News Today, October 15, 2018

T10 League at Sharjah Cricket Stadium
T10 League at Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Welcome to Sportskeeda's Cricket News Today for October 15, 2018.

It was supposed to be the fourth day of action between India and the West Indies. However, the Indian side were ruthless and ensured the Test was over within three days. India have now won the two-match Test series 2-0.

The third and final T20I between South Africa and Zimbabwe was washed out, which meant that the Proteas won the three-match T20I series 2-0.

Meanwhile, the final two quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy took place today, with Jharkhand and Hyderabad reaching the semifinals after defeating Maharashtra and Andhra respectively in the matches held in Bengaluru.

#1 ICC to impose tougher sanctions for new T20/T10 leagues

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to begin a series of meeting from October 16. One of the main points of discussion in the meetings will be imposing sanctions for the mushrooming of T20 leagues around the world.

Over the past few years, a lot of T20 leagues have been coming up around the world, with Afghanistan and UAE being the latest entrants. A T10 league also began last year, which will have its second edition this year.

Geoff Allardice, the General Manager of the ICC, opened up about what would be discussed in the meetings.

"One of the things we will be talking about in our meeting next week is around regulations and sanctioning of events and also the release of players (for leagues)," said Allardice .

"So you look at all of the documentation and the ownership structures and how the league is going to be funded and all these types of things and then you provide approval."

"It's not just going to be an open door for any promoter to come in. I think it will be a bit harder to get sanctions in the future and any tournament would need both the support of the home country and the ICC,"

#2 Sanath Jayasuriya charged by the ICC

Sanath Jayasur
Sanath Jayasuriya

Former Sri Lankan international cricketer and captain Sanath Jayasuriya was found guilty of violating the anti-corruption code. Due to this, the ICC has charged the former cricketer.

Article 2.4.6 relates to the "failure or refusal, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out" while Article 2.4.7 "concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence or may lead to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct"

Jayasuriya played cricket for Sri Lanka between 1989 and 2011 and scored over 13000 runs in ODI cricket. He also captained the side for 110 Tests.

#3 Rahane, Shaw, and Rohit Sharma to play for Mumbai in Vijay Hazare semis

Prithvi Shaw
Prithvi Shaw

Just yesterday, Mumbai thrashed Bihar in the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-final to reach the semifinals.

They will take on Jharkhand in the second semifinal encounter which will be held on October 18 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Mumbai will be boosted by the presence of three Indian cricketers in the playing XI. While Rohit Sharma was already a part of the playing XI in the quarter-final, Rahane and Shaw will join the team for the semis. Both of them were a part of India's playing XI against Windies in the recently concluded Test.

#4 Latest ICC rankings announced

Virat Kohl
Virat Kohli

In the latest rankings announced by ICC, Virat Kohli maintained his spot at the top of the table after a successful outing against the Windies in the recently concluded Test series.

Apart from this, Prithvi Shaw, who was named the man of the series for this performances with the bat, entered the top 100. He ended the series at the 73rd position.

Rishabh Pant, on the other hand, reached the 62nd position after the conclusion of the series. He began the series outside the top 100, at the 111th position.

From the Windies, Jason Holder toppled Vernon Philander to reach the 3rd position in the list of Test all-rounders.

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Edited by Rajdeep Puri