Indian women cricketer Snehal Pradhan suspected for illegal bowling action

Once again yet another cricket is under the scanning of ISC for illegal bowling action, this time from the women's segment of the game. India Women cricketer Snehal Pradhan is the offender this time. It has been reported to the the ICC or International Cricket Council that the bowling action of this cricketer was illegal. ICC will therefore take close looks at the Snehal Pradhan bowling action videos, examine and re-examine from different angles and then come to any firm conclusion.

Snehal was out there in the first One Day International (ODI) match of the series between India Women and England Women in the Derbyshire county cricket ground, while the two field umpires, Jeff Evans and Graham Lloyd, suspected that the bowling action of Snehal Pradhan India Women bowler, might be illegal. They reported the case to ICC after the conclusion of the match. At a press release today by ICC it has been stated that the suspected bowling action of Snehal Pradhan is at present going to be further scrutinised by the expert panel of ICC under the ICC process relating to women's Tests, ODIs and T20Is. As the Clause Two of the ICC Regulations go, Snehal will now need to come up with an independent bowling action analysis video with the assistance of an ICC expert in human movements, appointed by ICC with a nod from BCCI.

What will happen to Snehal Pradhan if her bowling action is confirmed by ICC as illegal? Well, that is going to end Snehal Pradhan cricket career temporarily, if not for longer. During the independent analysis of her bowling, if Snehal Pradhan is found to be delivering the ball in an illegal bowling action, she will be suspended by ICC from any kind of bowling in all formats of the game, until and unless any remedial action is taken by her to rectify her bowling action, and the rectified action is reassessed and permitted by the ICC experts panel.

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