South Africa spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba was on Saturday (October 11, 2025) reprimanded and handed one demerit point by the ICC for breaching its Level 1 Code of Conduct during the women’s World Cup match against India in Visakhapatanam .

South Africa defeated India by three wickets to hand Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. their first loss of the tournament in Visakhapatanam on Thursday (October 9).

“Mlaba was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to ‘using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an International Match’,” an ICC media release stated.

The incident occurred in the 17th over of India’s innings, when Mlaba, a

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