BREAKING: Virat Kohli breaching ICC Code of Conduct

Virat Kohli, the India captain, was found to be guilty of a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct. He has admitted to the offence.

Virat Kohli received one demerit point after he made physical contact with South Africa bowler Beuran Hendricks during the third and final T20 International in Bengaluru on Sunday.

The incidence between Virat Kohli and Beuran Hendricks

Virat Kohli's aggression is well known to all the cricket fans around the globe. But the on field behavior of the star batsman has found himself in a sort of bother everytime. Virat Kohli is on the verge of getting banned.

According to a release issued by the International Cricket Council, Kohli breached Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "Inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other person (including a spectator) during an International Match."

The incident took place in the fifth over of India’s innings when Kohli made contact with bowler Beuran Hendricks in the process of taking a run.

Kohli admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Richie Richardson of the and as such there was no need for a formal hearing. On-field umpires Nitin Menon and C K Nandan, third umpire Anil Chaudhary and fourth official Chettihody Shamshuddin levelled the charge.

Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points.

Thus one demerit point was added to Kohli’s disciplinary record, for whom it was the third offence.

Virat Kohli had led India to a convincing victory in the second T20I against South Africa at PCA Stadium Mohali after the first match was washed out. However, Indian batting was exposed in the third T20I at Bengaluru whereSouth Africa outplayed India to level the series 1-1.

Virat Kohli's 'excessive appealing' incidence against Afghanistan in World Cup 2019

This was Virat Kohli's third offence since the demerit point system was introduced in 2016. He received one demerit point each during the Pretoria Test against South Africa on January 15, 2018 and against Afghanistan during the recent World Cup at Southampton .

India captain Virat Kohli was fined 25% of his match fee for "excessive appealing" in a tense World Cup victory over Afghanistan.

If the 30-year-old gets one more by 15 January 2020, he faces a ban.

Players who accrue four demerit points in a two-year period are given a suspension. Kohli's first point came on 15 January 2018.