Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli has been fined 25% of his match fees for excessive appealing against Afghanistan during yesterday’s match.
The ICC released a statement regarding the same that said:
Kohli was found to have breached Article 2.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to ‘Excessive appealing during an International Match’.
This fine was a result of Kohli jumping towards umpire Aleem Dar in the 29th over after Jasprit Bumrah stuck Rahmat Shah on the pads.
It’s a breach of Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct, that carries a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50% of a player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points.
Kohli admitted and accepted the sanction proposed by the match referee Chris Broad and as such, there was no need for a formal hearing.
Kohli now has two demerit points after having got one demerit point during the Pretoria Test against South Africa on 15 January 2018.
When a player reaches four or more demerit points within a 24-month period, they are converted into suspension points and a player is banned.
Hopefully for India, it doesn’t come to that anytime soon.