India captain Virat Kohli has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for excessive appealing in the narrow World Cup victory over Afghanistan at Southampton. The two-time champions survived a scare against Afghanistan, who eventually fell 11 runs short of a major upset after restricting India to 224-8 in the low-scoring contest. India were desperate for a breakthrough when Jasprit Bumrah struck Rahmat Shah on the pad and Kohli looked unhappy after the leg-before appeal was turned down. The India captain was deemed to have breached Level 1 Article 2.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “Excessive appealing during an International Match”.
