South African pacer Gerald Coetzee has been reprimanded for showing dissent at the umpire's decision during the fourth T20 International against India in Johannesburg, the ICC said on Tuesday. (More Cricket News)
The incident took place w🀅hen Coetzee made an inappropriate comment to the umpire after a delivery🦩 was called 'wide'.
"In the fourt🍌h T20I between South Africa and India, Gerald Coetzee was found to have breached Article 2.8ও of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to 'showing dissent at an umpires decision during an international match'.
"Coetzee received a reprimand and had one demerit🧜 point added to his disciplinary record. He admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Andy Pycroft of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, therefore no formal hearing was needed," the ICC said in a press rele♔ase.
On-field umpires Allahudien Paleker and Stephen Harris, third umpire Lubabalo Gcuma and fourth u🔥mpire Arno Jacobs levelled the charge against the🉐 bowler.
Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 5🦄0 per cent of a player's match fee, and one o🐷r two demerit points.
When a player reaches four or more demeri🌺t points within a 24-month period, they are converted into suspension points and a player is banned.
Two suspension p�♐�oints equate to a ban from one Test or two ODIs or two T20Is, whatever comes first for the player.
India, who posted an imposing 283/1 🧸batting first with centuries from Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma in the fourth match, bowled out South Africa for 148 to register their biggest win in terms of runs.
The visitors won the match by 135 run✱s t✃o claim the four-match series 3-1.
