FINED ONCE AGAIN

India penalized again for slow over-rate

by Cricbuzz Staff • Published on

India copped yet another fine for their maintaining a slow over rate in the fifth and final T20I against New Zealand in Tauranga © Getty

India copped yet another fine for their maintaining a slow over rate in the fifth and final T20I against New Zealand in Tauranga on Sunday (February 2) after being found one over short of the target after the time allowances were taken into consideration. The Rohit Sharma-led unit was docked 20 per cent of their match fee.

This is the second successive game where India were found short of the target, having already lost 40 per cent of their fee for the preceding game after being caught two overs behind the mark in Wellington.

Match Referee Chris Broad imposed the sanction in accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, where the players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time. On-field umpires Chris Brown and Shaun Haig, and third umpire Ashley Mehrotra leveled the charge.

Stand-in skipper for the night, Rohit pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction. As such no formal hearing was required.

India won the series 5-0, creating history by becoming the first men's side to win a T20I bilateral series by that margin.

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