Jammu and Kashmir pacer Rasikh Salam was on Wednesday reprimanded for breaching IPL code of conduct during Delhi Capital’s match against Gujarat Titans at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
Rasikh committed a Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct. He admitted to the offence and accepted the Match Referee’s sanction. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding.
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Now the question is why was he reprimanded? Rasikh took three wickets in the match, including that of well-set Sai Sudharshan, dangerous Shahrukh Khan and Sai Kishore. He celebrated all of them quite aggressively, especially the first and third ones.
Article 2.5 of the IPL Code of Conduct includes any language, action or gesture used by a Player and directed towards a batter upon his/her dismissal which has the potential to provoke an aggressive reaction from the dismissed batter, whether or not any reaction results, or which could be considered to disparage or demean
the dismissed batter, regardless of whether the batter him/herself feels disparaged or demeaned (in other words, a ‘send-off’).
Without limitation, Article 2.5 includes: (a) excessive celebration directed at and in close proximity to the dismissed batter; (b) verbally abusing the dismissed batter; and (c) pointing or gesturing towards the pavilion.
Nothing in Article 2.5 is, however, intended to stop Players from celebrating, in an appropriate fashion, the dismissal of the opposing Team’s batter.
So, the aggressive celebration after dismissing Sai Kishore seems the reason behind it since Rasikh Salam gave him a send-off.