Harshit Rana has been pulled up and has had a demerit point added to his disciplinary record for his gesture at Dewald Brevis after dismissing the batter, which was a breach of the ICC's code of conduct, in the first India vs South Africa ODI in Ranchi on Sunday.

In a statement on Wednesday, the day of the second ODI, ICC said Rana's gesture "breached Article 2.5" of the code, which relates to "using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter". It was Rana's first offence in a 24-month period.

A level 1 breach such as this carries a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50% of a player's match fee, and one or two demerit points.

The incident took place in the 22nd over of South Africa 's chase

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