England defeated India by 28 runs in the first Test match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. In this match, all the players from England performed very well and played an important role in the victory of their team.

Talking about the Indian team, their performance in this match was quite disappointing. With this, Indian team’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has suffered another big blow. International Cricket Council has taken major action against Jasprit Bumrah. Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been officially reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the first Test match against England.

The ICC has given him one demerit point and reduced his match fee by 50%. Jasprit Bumrah was found to have breached Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which relates to inappropriate physical contact with a player, umpire, match referee or any other person.

Actually, Jasprit Bumrah was bowling in the 81st over of England’s second innings. Jasprit Bumrah deliberately stepped into the path of Ollie Pope when he was going to take a run, causing inappropriate physical contact. This was Bumrah’s first mistake in 24 months so one demerit point has been added to his record.

Jasprit Bumrah has accepted his mistake

This allegation was made by on-field umpires Paul Riffel and Chris Gaffney, third umpire Marais Erasmus and fourth umpire Rohan Pandit. Level 1 violations usually carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 percent of the player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points. Bumrah has accepted his mistake so there is no need for any formal hearing on him.

However, Jasprit Bumrah will now have to be serious about this and will not make such a mistake next time. Even though India lost the first test, the host would like to make a strong comeback in the second test. The second Test is starting from February 2 in Visakhapatnam.