ICC CWC'19: Virat Kohli might get banned before the World Cup semis for this

Mumbai: Indian captain Virat Kohli has landed himself in a spot of bother before the World Cup semi-finals just after India defeated Bangladesh by 28 runs at Edgbaston.

During the 12^th over, Shami appealed for a leg before wicket versus Soumya Sarkar after the ball hit Sarkar on his pads. However, umpire Marias Erasmus rejected the appeal and declared Soumya Sarkar not out.

Following the rejection, skipper Kohli decided to go for a ‘Decision Review System’ (DRS). The DRS showed that the ball had hit Soumya’s bat and pad simultaneously. Hence, third umpire Aleem Dar also stayed with the decision of Erasmus as India lost their review.

Although, captain Kohli assumed that the ball had touched the pad first, after showing his dissent argued with the on-field umpire.

Earlier, Kohli got into a debate with the on-field umpires during the match against Afghanistan, following which he was fined 25 per cent of his match fee for excessive appealing.

India captain Virat Kohli was found to have breached 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”.

Moreover, one demerit point has been taken into the disciplinary records account of Kohli. This was Virat Kohli’s second offence since the ICC introduced its revised Code of Conduct in September 2016. Kohli now holds two demerit points besides the one demerit point that he got during the Test match against South Africa on January 15, 2018.

Note: Level 1 breach holds a minimum penalty of an official rebuke, a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points.

When a player gains four or above demerit points within two years, they are converted into suspension points and a player hence gets banned.

Two suspension points get converted to a ban from one Test or two ODIs or two T20Is, whichever is first.

Demerit Points will stay on a Player or Player Support Personnel’s disciplinary record for a period of two years from their enforcement following which they will be erased.