<p>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.<br /><br /></p>.<p>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.<br /><br />Kohli, however, justified his act on his twitter account after the second day's play.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />To which England batsman Kevin Pietersen replied, tweeting, "ha ha ha ha ha!!! Welcome to Australia buddy!!"<br /><br />Kohli again responded back to Pietersen, saying: "never heard crap like that. EVER."<br /><br />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". <br /><br />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.<br /><br />However, so far the on-field umpires have not raised the issue with the match referee Ranjan Madugalle.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.</p>
<p>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.<br /><br /></p>.<p>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.<br /><br />Kohli, however, justified his act on his twitter account after the second day's play.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />To which England batsman Kevin Pietersen replied, tweeting, "ha ha ha ha ha!!! Welcome to Australia buddy!!"<br /><br />Kohli again responded back to Pietersen, saying: "never heard crap like that. EVER."<br /><br />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". <br /><br />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.<br /><br />However, so far the on-field umpires have not raised the issue with the match referee Ranjan Madugalle.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.</p>