Fast bowler Ali Khan has been banned for the United States’ next two games for a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct. The one demerit point it incurred has seen his accumulated demerit points add up to four in a 24-month period, triggering an automatic suspension.
Khan was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an International Match.” He was fined 15% of his match fee. He had earlier received three demerit points for two separate incidents during a T20I game against Bermuda.
His team-mate Jasdeep Singh and Jersey’s Elliot Miles were also penalised for a Level 1 breach. Singh was handed two demerit points and stripped of 30% of his match fee in line with Article 2.12 of the Code, which deals with “inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other person (including a spectator) during an International Match.”
Miles was fined 15% of his match fee and had one demerit point docked for the use of an audible obscenity.
All three players admitted their offences and accepted the sanctions, and as such no formal hearings were required.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo