Look, aggression is a part of cricket. And without aggression, it's hard to imagine a fast bowler. But this same aggression seemed to cost Arshdeep a bit.

In the 11th over of New Zealand's innings, Arshdeep Singh picked up the ball played by Daryl Mitchell and threw it towards the stumps. However, the ball hit Mitchell directly on his thigh. Mitchell felt that Arshdeep had done it intentionally. Because of this, Mitchell got upset and complained to the umpire.

After that, there was a brief argument between the two players. At that moment, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav stepped in and handled the situation. However, after the last ball of the over, Arshdeep apologized to Mitchell. The two then hugged each other and the matter cooled down.

Now the question is: what do ICC rules say in such cases?

This incident falls under Article 2.9 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which considers throwing a ball or equipment in a dangerous manner at a player as against the spirit of the game. This is classified as a Level-1 offence, which can result in a fine of up to 50% of the match fee and 1 or 2 demerit points.

If a player accumulates four demerit points within 24 months, it can lead to a ban of one Test match or two white-ball matches.

There have been examples of this before. In October last year, Jayden Seales of West Indies was fined 25% of his match fee and given one demerit point for throwing the ball towards Yashasvi Jaiswal.

And in Arshdeep's case as well, the ICC could investigate the incident, even though he has already apologized.