Virat Kohli fined 25% match fee for breaching code of conduct

Dixit Bhargav | 23/06/2019
Virat Kohli fined 25% match fee for breaching code of conduct

Virat Kohli fined 25% match fee: The Indian captain has accepted the sanction with respect to breach of ICC Code of Conduct.

India captain Virat Kohli has been fined 25% of his match fee for breaching the ICC (International Cricket Council) Code of Conduct. The same was a consequence of Kohli advancing towards umpire Aleem Dar in an aggressive manner while appealing for a leg-before decision against Afghanistan yesterday.

Defending a low score, India were desperate to pick wickets at regular intervals. Perhaps, it was the reason behind Kohli’s aggressive behavior in the second innings at Southampton.

Virat Kohli fined 25% match fee

The Indian skipper was guilty of breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct in Southampton and Article 2.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.

Apart from a deduction in the match fee, Kohli was also handed a demerit point. As a result, Kohli now has a couple of demerit points under his belt. He had received the first one during the Test series against South Africa last year.

Since Kohli has accepted a sanction from match-referee Chris Broad, there is no need of any formal hearing.

Talking about the match, India defeated Afghanistan by a narrow margin of 11 runs. In what was a cliffhanger of a match, both the teams were seen fighting it out for victory till India fast bowler Mohammed Shami grabbed a hat-trick in the last over.

Despite Shami dismissing four opposition batsmen, the ‘Man of the Match’ was given to Jasprit Bumrah. Having registered bowling figures of 10-1-39-2, Bumrah was successful in picking a couple of wickets in the same over to change the course of the match.

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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