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As soon as the first day of Melbourne Test ended, ICC has imposed a heavy fine on veteran batsman Virat Kohli. Actually, Virat attacked Australia’s opener Sam Constas strongly. After the incident, ICC deducted 20 percent of Virat’s match fee and found him guilty of Level 1. After the end of the first day’s play, Virat also admitted his mistake, hence there will be no need for further hearing in this matter.
This incident happened in the 10th over
During the break between the 10th and 11th overs of the Australian innings, when Constas and Usman Khawaja were changing ends, Kohli walked up to Constas and hit him on the shoulder. Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who was commentating at that time, also believed that Kohli had done this deliberately. On the other hand, former Indian player and coach Ravi Shastri has called this action of Virat completely unnecessary.
Virat found guilty of level one
According to reports, Virat has been found guilty of level one and hence his match fee has been deducted. Had this been a level two offence, the Indian batsman would have received 3 or 4 demerit points. 4 points are enough to suspend a player for the next match. It is clear that Virat will watch the game in the fifth match to be held in Sydney.
What did Constas say about this incident?
After the incident, Kangaroo team’s opening batsman Konstas talked about it during the drinks break in the morning session and said that he wanted to keep the incident inside the ground, but he had no objection to giving a tough fight to the Indian team. Was. Constas said, ‘What happens on the field stays on the field. I love competing and there can be no better place than a stadium full of spectators to make my debut.