Why Siraj got a larger sanction than Travis Head in Adelaide

Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was fined 20 percent of his match fee while Australian batsman Travis Head faced ICC sanctions following a heated verbal exchange during the daynight Test in Adelaide Both players were found guilty of breaching the ICCrsquos Code of Conduct after a disciplinary hearing on December 11The ICC confirmed ldquoSiraj has been penalised 20 percent of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching Article 25 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support PersonnelrdquoWhy Siraj was handed a major punishmentThe violation pertains to actions or language that could provoke an aggressive response from a batsman following their dismissalHead was also sanctioned for breaching Article 213 of the same code which addresses player abuse during an international match However Head avoided a financial penalty for this violation Both players were handed one demerit point each marking their first disciplinary infringement in the last 24 monthsldquoBoth admitted their offences and accepted the sanctions proposed by Match Referee Ranjan Madugallerdquo the ICC statedAlso ReadKohliAshwin lead the charge as Team India sweats it out before 3rd Test WATCHWhat happened between Head and Siraj in AdelaideThe confrontation occurred on the second day of the Test match when Head scored a blistering 140 runs off 141 balls before being dismissed by Siraj The fast bowler celebrated his wicket aggressively which led to a verbal exchange between the two Indian players including Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah intervened to calm Siraj while the Adelaide crowd responded with boosHead later claimed that he had simply said ldquowell bowledrdquo to Siraj and expressed disappointment at the bowlerrsquos reaction However Siraj strongly disagreed with Headrsquos accountldquoI only celebrated and he abused me and you saw that on TV too I didnrsquot say anything to himrdquo Siraj told broadcaster Star Sports ldquoWhat he said in the press conference wasnrsquot true Itrsquos a lie that he only said lsquowell bowledrsquo to me Itrsquos clear for everyone to see thatrsquos not what he saidrdquoHead later acknowledged his role in the incident admitting ldquoThere was no confrontation before that but I felt like it probably went too far and thatrsquos why Irsquom disappointed in my reactionrdquoRecapping the Adelaide Test India won the toss and opted to bat first However they had to face the wrath of a moving erratic pink ball and its mastermind Mitchell Starc 648 Except for a 69run stand for the second wicket between KL Rahul 37 in 64 balls with six fours and Shubman Gill 31 in 51 balls with five fours and a fighting 42 in 54 balls three fours and three sixes from Nitish Kumar Reddy there was not much highlights from India who were skittled out for 180 runs Skipper Cummins and Scott Boland also took two wicketsIn the first innings a 67run partnership between Nathan McSweeney 39 in 109 balls with six fours and Marnus Labuschagne 64 in 126 balls with nine fours for second wicket set the platform for Travis Head to impose his domination over Indian bowlers yet again with a counterattacking 140 in 141 balls with 17 fours and four sixes just when Aussies lost some regular wickets His century took Australia to 337 runs and gave them a 157run leadJasprit Bumrah 461 and Mohammed Siraj 498 were top bowlers for India Ravichandran and Nitish got a wicket eachAlso ReadWe should not doubt Rohit Sharmarsquos captaincy Kapil DevIn their second innings India appeared even more toothless as the starstudded toporder and middleorder returned back to pavillion despite starts from Jaiswal 24 in 31 balls with four boundaries Gill 28 in 30 balls with three fours while KL Rahul 7 and Virat Kohli 11 in 21 balls with a four failed to score well India ended day two at 1285On the third day Pant also lost his wicket for 28 in 31 balls with five fours From there on it was not looking back for the Aussies who skittled out India for 175 runs in 365 overs India led by just 18 runs setting Aussies 19 runs to winSkipper Cummins 567 took a majestic fivewicket haul his eighth as a captain Boland took 351 while Starc took 260Set a target of 19 runs Khawaja 10 and McSweeney 9 chased it down without breaking a sweat in 32 overs