The Boxing Day Test between India and Australia has started in Melbourne. The first session was very exciting. A lot was seen during this time. Sam Constas's altercation with Virat Kohli and Mohammad Siraj was seen. However, amidst all this, he played a quick innings of 60 runs in 65 balls in his debut match. He hit sixes against India's most lethal bowler Jaspreet Bumrah and became a hero in the eyes of Australian fans. After this, the fans became desperate to take a selfie with him. It is being claimed on social media that Constas broke a big rule of ICC in order to fulfill the demand of the fans and now he can also be punished.
Did Constus break the rules?Actually, Sam Constus was sitting in the dugout after being out. During this time, he had a short interview. There was no problem till here. Then on the request of the fans, he took their phone and started taking selfies. Regarding this thing, it is being claimed that doing this during the match is against the rules of ICC. So let us know what rules ICC has made regarding this.
According to ICC's anti-corruption rules, no player can use any communication device like mobile phone in the match area during the match. Not only this, any player is also prohibited from leaving the match area without permission. It is necessary to take permission from the match official to leave the match area. If we look at ICC's anti-corruption rules, then Constus is found breaking those rules somewhere or the other.
You can get this punishmentIf any player does not follow the ICC's anti-corruption regulations during the match, action can be taken against him. According to the rules, a financial penalty can be imposed on the player. Breaking the rules, Constus first left the dugout and went among the fans during the match. Then he used the phone. However, these were fans' phones. Now it has to be seen whether he did this with permission or not and whether the match referee takes action on this or not.