Article 2.21 of the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct proscribes ‘conduct that brings the game into disrepute’. There are arguments either way that Virat Kohli’s egregious and flagrant shoulder bump on Sam Konstas on the first day of the Boxing Day Test rises to this level; what’s beyond dispute is the disrepute brought on the game by the inadequacy of the ICC’s penalty. This is not the actual charge sheet but it could be.
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