India’s Jasprit Bumrah and England’s Ollie Pope throughout Day 4 of 1st Test match towards India, at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
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India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been reprimanded and handed a demerit level for intentionally stepping in England participant Ollie Pope’s method as he went for a run which led to “inappropriate physical contact” in the course of the first Test at Hyderabad.
Bumrah’s offence is a Level 1 offence below the ICC code of conduct.
In addition to the reprimand, one demerit level has additionally been added to Bumrah’s disciplinary file because it was his first offence in a 24-month interval.
“The incident occurred in the 81st over of England’s second innings, when Bumrah, after completing his follow through, deliberately stepped in Ollie Pope’s way as the batter went for a run, leading to inappropriate physical contact,” the ICC mentioned in a launch.
Bumrah was discovered to have breached Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel throughout a world match.
Bumrah accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Richie Richardson and there was no want for a proper listening to.
The on-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Chris Gaffaney, third umpire Marais Erasmus and fourth umpire Rohan Pandit levelled the cost towards Bumrah.
England defeated India by 28 runs on Sunday to go 1-0 up in the five-match sequence.
