Australian spinner Matthew Kuhnemann was reported for a suspect bowling action last week. In order to find out if his action is legitimate, the left-armer will need to submit to mandatory tests.

"The Australian team was notified of the match officials' referral following the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle and will support Matt through the process of clearing this matter," Cricket Australia said in a statement.

However, the ICC’s verdict on Kuhnemann’s bowling action has put Indian stalwart Virat Kohli into the spotlight.

During the Boxing Day Test last December, Kohli and Australian debutant Sam Konstas bumped shoulders while moving across the pitch in the face off that was initiated by the former.

Following the incident, Kohli was charged with breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct and accepted the sanctions proposed by match referee Andy Pycroft. He was fined 20 percent of his match fee and also received one demerit point.

Now, Kohli's name has popped up in the news as his incident involving Konstas and the punishment he received for it were highlighted by the Australia media.

Australian cricket writer Ben Horne revisited Kohli's altercation with Konstas and called the ICC 'hypocrites.'

"Virat Kohli was hit with one of the softest sanctions of all time, yet match officials in Sri Lanka were happy to make an example out of a five-Test orthodox spinner over a marginal bowling action," Horne wrote for the Daily Telegraph.

"They are completely different situations that don’t even belong in the same conversation other than the all too familiar running theme that the game’s governing body is sport's biggest toothless tiger...until an easy target (Kuhnemann) presents itself."

Meanwhile, former Australian captain Tim Paine questioned why Kuhnemann was being targeted as the spin bowler’s action was quite similar to that of the Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah.

"I think there's a bit of flexion, not dissimilar to a Jasprit Bumrah," Paine said during his conversation on SEN Radio. "I think he'd be flat as a tack I'd imagine. In cricket, being accused of throwing is not a great mark to have against your name. You're being accused in a way, of cheating.

"I imagine in such a public forum, that would be very hard for him to deal with that. He's probably walked off that day on top of the world, and by the time he's back in the hotel room he's at absolute rock bottom because he's fighting, if you like, to save his career."