Sledging is set to be banned by cricket’s governing body theICC which has been prodded by theIndian Cricket Board to take tough action to curb unsportingbehaviour on the field.

In the backdrop of an acrimonious India-Australia series, theBCCI has been pressing for tougherlaws to deal with sledging. The matter is before theICC.

The BCCI President Sharad Pawar saidhere that the Board raised th