Former Australia batter Mark Waugh and England captain Michael Vaughan has slammed Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) following their “lenient” sanction towards Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli escaped heavy punishment as he walked away with a 20 per cent advantageous for shoulder-barging 19-year-old Sam Konstas on the opening day of the Boxing Day take a look at match on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
Mark Waugh mentioned the punishment handed right down to Kohli left him stunned.
“It doesn’t matter who you might be, that form of behaviour isn’t on,” he mentioned on Fox Cricket.
“He’s extraordinarily fortunate that the penalty was very lenient … he might simply have been deemed a stage two offence.
“It ought to be at the least 75 per cent [match fee] in the event you’re going to make it a financial advantageous.
“It might result in one thing extra substantial with the gamers getting concerned or the group getting concerned, in the event you’re enjoying in a hostile surroundings.
“You simply can’t make contact, it’s simply not on.”
Michael Vaughan too was stunned to see Kohli getting away so simply.
“I believe Virat may be very fortunate,” he mentioned.
“The altercation yesterday wasn’t an excellent search for him as an individual. To tackle a 19-year-old, who was simply doing what you do on the finish of an over.
“He’s received the identical as what Mohammed Siraj received on the Adelaide Oval, so I believe he’s received away with it there.
“I simply don’t suppose the financial advantageous goes to have an effect on any of the gamers on this period of the sport and it’s extra simply the precedent it units.”
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