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Virat Kohli faces prospects of getting banned for 2019 World Cup semi-final

Dixit Bhargav
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Virat Kohli faces prospects of getting banned for 2019 World Cup semi-final

Virat Kohli faces prospects of getting banned: The Indian captain will be looking to be at his behavioral best against Sri Lanka.

Apart from scoring runs and leading the Indian team well, India captain Virat Kohli now faces an additional task of taking care of his on-field behavior during India’s last league match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 against Sri Lanka at Headingley on Saturday.

In a development which has happened for the second time in the tournament, Kohli has been found wanting of excessive appealing and showing dissent with the umpire’s decision.

As a result, Kohli has received another demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct. Kohli seemed to have breached Article 2.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which is linked to “Excessive appealing during an International Match”.

Virat Kohli faces prospects of getting banned

It all happened in the 12th over of the Bangladeshi innings when on-field umpire Marais Erasmus ruled a decision in the batsman’s favour. After Kohli decided to opt for the review, even third umpire Aleem Dar stood by the on-field umpire’s decision.

Citing some confusion with respect to whether the ball hit the Bangladesh opening batsman Soumya Sarkar’s bat or not, Kohli was seen showing dissent with Erasmus.

Earlier, Kohli was involved in a similar conflict with the on-field umpire in the match against Afghanistan which saw him accumulating a demerit point.

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It is worth mentioning that Kohli’s first demerit point had come during the tour of South Africa last year. With these points valid for a couple of years, another point will see the Indian skipper facing a ban.

Currently, Kohli holds three demerit points and faces prospects of a one Test match or two limited-over matches ban. A player is banned if he accumulates four demerit points in a two-year period. If a played accumulates eight points, the length of the ban increases.

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Dixit Bhargav

Dixit Bhargav

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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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