Pooran will not be available for West Indies' three-match T20I series against Afghanistan and the first game of the subsequent three-match series against India. West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran has been handed a four-game ban for ball tampering during Monday's third one-day international against Afghanistan, the International Cricket Council said on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Pooran, who has played 16 ODIs and 14 Twenty20 internationals for West Indies, has admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by the match referee, the governing body said in a statement. West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran has been handed a four-game ban for ball tam... #cricketnews https://t.co/yfvjbUSzfk — 247CricketNews (@247CricketNews) November 13, 2019Pooran will not be available for West Indies' three-match T20I series against Afghanistan and the first game of the subsequent three-match series against India. "I want to issue a sincere apology to my team mates, supporters and the Afghanistan team for what transpired on the field of play on Monday in Lucknow," Pooran said in a statement released by Cricket West Indies.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 13, 2019 14:14 UTC