New Delhi: India and the West Indies were fined for slow over rate at the first T20 match at the Brain Lara Stadium in Trinidad on August 3. India was fined 5% of match fee for exceeding the minimum over rate by 1 over and West India was fined 10% of match fee for exceeding the minimum over rate by 2 over.
India – West Indies slap fine by ICC
Emirates ICC elite match umpire Richie Richardson ruled that the teams of Hardik Pandya and Rovman Powell were out of the first and second overs respectively, given the time limit, and sanctioned them.
Under Article 2.22 of the Code of Conduct for ICC Players and Players Staff on Violation of Minimum Over Short Charges, if a team fails to bowl within the allotted time, the player will be fined 5% of his match fee, his 50% of the game fee is capped.
India and West Indies have pleaded guilty and accepted the proposed sanctions 👇
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Both captains accepted fine
Pandya and Powell pleaded guilty and accepted the proposed sanctions, eliminating the need for a formal hearing. Ground officials Gregory Brathwaite and Patrick Gustad, third umpire Nigel Duguid and fourth umpire Leslie Reifer balanced the charges.
India vs West Indies 1st T20 highlights
West Indies defeated India by 4 runs in the first T20 match played at Brian Lara Stadium on Thursday. The West Indies lead 1-0 in five games of the T20I series. First, the West Indies scored 149 runs and lost 6 wickets in 20 overs. While Chasing the target, Hardik Pandya-led team managed to score only 145 runs from 20 overs, losing nine wickets in the process. Tilak Verma was the most successful batter for India with 39 runs.
India’s batting collapse
Chasing the target of 150 runs, the Indian team got off to a bad start. The team lost the wicket of Shubman Gill in the third over itself. The young Indian side was seen struggling to score runs. After this Suryakumar smashed some big shots.
But Ishaan Kishan was caught out in the 5th over. Ishaan could only score 6 runs in 9 balls. After this there was a 39-run partnership for the third wicket between Suryakumar and Tilak Verma. Although Suryakumar returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs in 21 balls.
Tilak Varma impressive debut
After some time Tilak Verma was dismissed on a personal score of 39. Tilak was the highest run scorer for India. Hardik and Samson handled the innings but both were dismissed in the same over. Hardik was clean bowled after scoring 19 runs, while Sanju was run out after scoring 12 runs in 12 balls.
After this, Akshar Patel tried to win but got out after scoring 13 runs. Coming in last, Arshdeep raised hopes of victory by scoring 12 runs in 7 balls but the team had to face defeat by 4 runs.
