Virat Kohli handed one demerit point for inappropriate shoulder contact with Beuran Hendricks

Dixit Bhargav | 23/09/2019
Virat Kohli handed one demerit point for inappropriate shoulder contact with Beuran Hendricks

Virat Kohli handed one demerit point: The Indian captain has received his second demerit point for the year 2019.

India captain Virat Kohli has been handed one demerit point for inappropriate shoulder contact with South Africa fast bowler Beuran Hendricks in the third T20I of the ongoing South Africa’s tour of India in Bengaluru.

It all happened in the fifth over of the Indian innings when Kohli was running a single off Hendricks. Just before reaching the non-striker’s end, Kohli was seen colliding with Hendricks. While none of the player gave the impression of reacting to the clash, Kohli has been found guilty  of a Level 1 breach.

Virat Kohli handed one demerit point

The article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel states that “Inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other person (including a spectator) during an International Match.”

Since Kohli has accepted a sanction from Richie Richardson of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, there is no need of any formal hearing.

Having earlier earned a demerit point each during the tour of South Africa last year and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 earlier this year, Kohli now has three demerit points to his name.

If a player reaches four or more points in a 24-month period, he is bound to be suspended for a Test or two limited-overs matches – whichever comes first.

With the T20I series ending in a 1-1 draw, all eyes will now be on the the three-match Test series. The first of the three matches will begin on October 2 in Visakhapatnam.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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