Sagun Kamat allegedly assaulted Kashinath Chari, a rival player, during a Goa Premier League tie on April 21. A composite fine of Rs 2,500 was levied on Chari. Being an employee of Goa Cricket Association (GCA), Chari faced another action for misconduct for going on leave uninformed, for which his two-day salary was deducted.

The GCA inquiry committee, chaired by vice-president Dr Shekhar Salkar, met at the GCA headquarters in Porvorim on Thursday and gave its ruling following the fracas that ensued during the lunch break of a Goa Premier League tie between Dempo Cricket Club captain Sagun Kamat and Kashinath Chari of Sunny Cricket Club on April 21.

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The Australian captain Michael Clarke was ruled out of the entire season with a back injury. Aaron Finch, a top-order batsman from Australia, tweeted the development and is expected to leave for India tomorrow.

Pune Warriors will be Finch’s third team in the IPL, having represented Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils. He was released by Delhi Daredevils in November last year and went unsold in the auction on February 3 at a base price of $200,000.

He represents Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League and averaged 66.40 in eight matches last season, scoring 332 runs with a highest score of 111 not out.

But he could not translate that performance for Australia, scoring 4, 7 and 1 in the three T20Is in January against Sri Lanka and the West Indies. Overall, he has scored 1,699 runs in 58 domestic T20 matches at 36.14 with a strike-rate of 130.49.

The Pune Warriors will be led by Angelo Mathews this season.

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf has revealed that PCB will launch its own Premier League soon which will be bigger than the Indian Premier League.

Zaka Ashraf said that Pakistan players would now play their own league, which the PCB was aiming to launch soon instead of participating in the IPL.

“We will talk to major sponsor companies to come forward and select their teams for this grand league of the country and I hope it will be much better than the IPL. It will also attract maximum number of cricket lovers and provide them opportunity to witness their players in action at their own home grounds,” he said.

“I was appointed as the PCB chief to boost and promote cricket across the country and it is my sole aim and I am striving hard to achieve my aim by revival of international cricket and added I will provide our national players all the best available facilities,” The Nation quoted Zaka Ashraf, as saying.

He further said that he just now had three or four months in the board and gradually he would bring healthy changes for the betterment in the board working.

Zaka Ashraf also vowed to follow the vision and policies of the deceased former PCB chairman purely for the promotion of the game.

CRICKET NEWS: Pakistan to launch its own T20 premier league bigger than IPL

Zaka Ashraf said that Pakistan players would now play their own league which the PCB was aiming to launch soon instead of participating in the IPL. “We will talk to major sponsor companies to come forward and select their teams for this grand league of the country and I hope it will be much better than the IPL.