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India has been fined 60 per cent of its match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the first ODI at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, on Wednesday.
Javagal Srinath, the ICC Elite Panel Match Referee, ruled India to be three overs short of their target and arrived at his decision after considering all the time allowances.
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 fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
India captain Rohit Sharma accepted the offence and the subsequently proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
On-field umpires Anil Chaudhary and Nitin Menon, third umpire K N Ananthapadmanabhan and fourth umpire Jayaraman Madanagopal levelled the charge.
In the first ODI, India won a closely-fought contest against New Zealand by a small margin of just 12 runs.
For India, opener Shubman Gill became the youngest player to score a double century in Men’s ODI after scoring a brilliant 208 from 149 balls. On the other hand, Michael Bracewell scored a fighting 140 off 78 balls along with Mitchell Santner, who made 57 off 45 balls.
The duo added a 162-run partnership off 102 balls for the seventh wicket for New Zealand and kept fighting till the end.
However, it wasn’t enough as India bounced back in the final overs and took the remaining four wickets to bundle out the Kiwis at 337 to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.
The sides will face each other next in the second ODI at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Cricket Stadium, hosting its first international match, in Raipur on January 21.
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