Mumbai Mumbai. South African fast bowler Gerald Coetzee has been reprimanded for dissenting from an umpire's decision during the fourth T20 International against India in Johannesburg, the ICC said on Tuesday. The incident occurred when Coetzee made inappropriate comments to the umpire after a ball was ruled 'wide'. “In the fourth T20 International between South Africa and India, Gerald Coetzee was found to have breached Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to 'expressing dissent against an umpire's decision during an international match' Is.” “Coetzee was reprimanded and one demerit point was added to his disciplinary record.
“He pleaded guilty and accepted the penalty proposed by Andy Pycroft of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, so no formal hearing was required,” the ICC said in a press release. On-field umpires Allahuddin Palekar and Stephen Harris, third umpire Lubabalo Gakuma and fourth umpire Arno Jacobs made charges against the bowler. The minimum penalty for a Level 1 violation is an official reprimand, the maximum penalty is 50 percent of the player's match fee and one or two demerit points. When a player receives four or more demerit points within a 24-month period, they are converted to suspension points and the player is banned. Two suspension points are equivalent to a ban from one Test or two ODIs or two T20 Internationals, whichever comes first for the player. In the fourth match, batting first with the help of centuries from Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma, India made a brilliant score of 283/1 and bowled out South Africa. They registered their biggest win in terms of runs after being bowled out for 148 runs. The visiting team won the match by 135 runs and won the four-match series 3-1.
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