<div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Annoyed by the crowd taunts, young India cricketer Virat Kohli today showed his middle finger to a section of crowd at the SCG during the second Test and may face a disciplinary action for the gesture.u00a0</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>As Indian bowlers struggled to contain Australian captain Michael Clarke (251 not out) and Ricky Ponting (134) during the course of their 288-run stand, Kohli was photographed raising his middle finger towards the spectators.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kohli, however, justified his act on his twitter account after the second day's play.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>"I agree cricketers don't have to retaliate. What when the crowd says the worst things about your mother and sister. the worst I've heard," tweeted Kohli.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>To which England batsman Kevin Pietersen replied, tweeting, "ha ha ha ha ha!!! Welcome to Australia buddy!!"u00a0</div><div>Kohli again responded back to Pietersen, saying: "never heard crap like that. EVER."u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>Kohli may be charged with Level 1 of the ICC's Code of Conduct relating to "using language or gesture(s) that is seriously obscene, seriously offensive or of a seriously insulting nature to another player, player support personnel, umpire, match referee or any other third person during an international match".u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>If Kohli is found guilty, he could face a minimum penalty of having half of his match fee docked or a maximum penalty of a one-Test suspension.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>However, so far the on-field umpires have not raised the issue with the match referee Ranjan Madugalle.u00a0</div><div>In a similar incident, Liverpool's striker Luis Suarez was banned for a match after indecently gesturing at a section of Fulham's fans during an English Premier League match against Fulham.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>Last month, Kohli had been reprimanded for showing dissent at an umpire's decision during the third one-dayer against the West Indies in Ahmedabad.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>After being given out lbw, he had stood his ground for a considerable time. Later he pleaded guilty to a Level 1 offence while accepting the proposed sanction from the match referee David Boon.</div><div><br /></div>        

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Annoyed by the crowd taunts, young India cricketer Virat Kohli today showed his middle finger to a section of crowd at the SCG during the second Test and may face a disciplinary action for the gesture. 

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