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India fined for slow over-rate in 5th NZ T20I

February 03, 2020 17:59 IST

India's Navdeep Saini, centre, celebrates after taking the wicket of New Zealand's Ross Taylor during Game 5 of the Twenty20 series, at Bay Oval, in Mount Maunganui, on Sunday.

IMAGE: India's Navdeep Saini, centre, celebrates after taking the wicket of New Zealand's Ross Taylor during Game 5 of the Twenty20 series, at Bay Oval, in Mount Maunganui, on Sunday. Photograph: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images

The Indian cricket team has been fined 20 per cent of its match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the fifth and final Twenty20 International, in Mount Maunganui, on Sunday.

 

Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after India were found to be one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

"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, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time," a statement from the read.

India’s stand-in captain Rohit Sharma pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.

On-field umpires Chris Brown and Shaun Haig and third umpire Ashley Mehrotra levelled the charge.

India won the match by seven runs to complete a rare 5-0 series

whitewash over New Zealand in the shortest format of the game.

This is the second successive time that Virat Kohli's men have been fined for slow over-rate.

On Saturday, the team was docked 40 per cent of its match fee after falling short of target by two overs in the fourth T20 International at the Westpack stadium.

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