‌IND vs ENG | Bumrah reprimanded for deliberate physical contact with Pope during Hyderabad Test

Alongside the reprimand, this was the first demerit point for the 28-year-old Bumrah in the past 24 months and he has accepted the sanction proposed by the match referee, Richie Richardson.

The event took place during the 81st over of England's second innings when a well-set Pope jabbed a length delivery near the cover point area to set off for a quick single. Bumrah was spotted intentionally standing in the way of the batter which resulted in an “inappropriate physical contact “ as per the ICC code of Conduct. 

Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel suggests “inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other person (including a spectator during an International Match.”

The batter was visibly unhappy after the shoulder of the bowler thudded with his body and groaned about it to the onfield umpire. Subsequently, Bumrah put his hand up in an apology followed by Rohit Sharma strolling towards the middle-order batter and calming him down, albeit the Gujarat-based was consequently seen lecturing the batter on running etiquettes. Pope went on to slam 196 runs in England’s historic win by 28 runs with Bumrah cleaning him up in the 103rd over to deny him a double ton.