Kohli, who was widely criticised for instigating the mid-pitch altercation with the 19-year-old Konstas, was fined 20 per cent of his match fees and handed one demerit point. He accepted the charges.

Cameras captured Kohli changing his path and walking towards Konstas between overs, before a shoulder barge led to exchanged words between the two. On Fox Cricket, Michael Vaughan said: "He's [Kohli's] been rattled by a 19-year-old. Sam Konstas did absolutely nothing wrong there. Virat veered towards him. You can't do that, you're just not allowed to do that."

After the incident, there was discussion over the nature of punishment Kohli might have to face.Article 2.12 of the Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel deals with inappropriate physical contact.

Kohli could have been booked for a Level 1 or Level 2 offence, but finally got the least severe sanction of the Level 1 offence, including one demerit point and a fine between 0-25 per cent of the match fees, in this case, 20 per cent.

The "force of contact" and "any resulting injury to the person with whom contact was made" clauses would have saved Kohli from copping a worse punishment.

In the past, four demerit points have been handed only thrice for an incident, two of which were ball tampering. Kohli did not risk getting a much harsher punishment, as there's no precedent that such an incident would have led to a four demerit (or two suspension) points.

It is to note that Kohli does not have any demerit points on his record in the last 24 months.

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