India bowler sanctioned for breaching ICC Code of Conduct

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Harshit Rana

India pacer Harshit Rana has received a reprimand for an incident during his side’s victory over South Africa in the first ODI in Ranchi.

Rana was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “using language, actions, or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an International Match.”

The incident occurred in the 22nd over of South Africa innings when Rana was found to have gestured in the direction of the dressing room when he dismissed Proteas batter Dewald Brevis. The action was deemed that it could have provoked an aggressive response from the batter, with Rana receiving one demerit point added to his disciplinary record.

It was Rana’s first offence in the last 24 months and the right-armer admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Richie Richardson of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees.

India won the match by 17 runs against South Africa on the back of a superb century from Virat Kohli.