Satria Muda Vs Pelita Jaya Today, Hardianus Lakudu Absent Appears Due To Sanctions IBL

Basketball player Satria Muda Hardianus Lakudu (right) tried to get past basketball player Pelita Jaya Amaya Alessandro Saudale during IBL 2023 in Jakarta, Saturday 24 June 2023. (ANTARA-Hafidz M A)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) imposed a ban on appearing for three matches to the Satria Muda captain Pertamina Hardianus Lakudu. The sanction was the aftermath of the unsportsmanlike foul or unusual violation committed by Hardianus against the Pelita Jaya Bakrie center, Vincent Kosasih during the first match of the 2023 Tokopedia IBL semifinal at Britama Arena Jakarta, Thursday 13 July. In other words, Hardianus had to miss the second semifinal match today, Saturday 15 July. Even though this match died Satria Muda after losing the first match to Pelita Jaya with 67-80.

Even if Satria Muda manages to advance to the final, Hardianus has not been able to play in the first match of the top party. "IBL has issued a sentence decision letter. Hardianus is subject to a three-time ban on playing matches and a fine of Rp. 20 million," said Senior Manager of the IBL Competition. Rofiana in a written statement, Saturday, July 15, confiscated by Antara.

Hardianus' unsportsmanlike foul occurred when the fourth quarter was 9 minutes 25 seconds remaining. When Vincent was in the air, Hardianus crashed into his body which made Vincent fall on the waist on the ground floor. After the match ended, all the match equipment and the code of ethics team reviewed which finally decided that Hardianus' actions could be charged with disqualifying foil. Hardianus' actions were judged not to show sportsmanship.

Based on the IBL Implementation Regulation Chapter V Article 3 Paragraph 1.4 that disqualification due to committing a very hard foul during matches such as beatings or kicks or strangling, dropping the opponent's body and other things that are done beyond reasonable limits will be subject to a ban on playing 3 (three) times and a fine of Rp. 20,000,000 (twenty million rupiah).