Centurion: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced that Rohit Sharma-led Team India has been handed two crucial ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. “India have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee and penalized two ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in the first Test in Centurion,” the ICC said in an official statement. India have also been fined 10 percent of their match fee for bowling two overs less than the target. Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the punishment after India were found two overs short of the target taking into account the time allowance. “In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which deals with minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five per cent of their match fee if their team fails to bowl in the allotted time. Lives. ,” an ICC statement further read.
Additionally, as per Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship Playing Conditions, a side is penalized one point for each over bowled short. As a result, two World Test Championship points have been deducted from India’s total points.
“India captain Rohit Sharma pleaded guilty to the offense and accepted the proposed punishment, so there was no need for a formal hearing. “On-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Langton Russere, third umpire Ahsan Raza and fourth umpire Stephen Harris made the allegations.” Read this further.
After the Test defeat, India slipped to fifth place with 16 points and 44.44 points percentage from three Test matches. On the other hand, the deduction of points for slow over-rate has seriously weakened India’s position in the standings, dropping them to sixth position below Australia with 14 points and a points percentage of 38.89.
In the first Test of the two-match series, India lost by an innings and 32 runs. Thanks to KL Rahul’s century, the visiting team scored 245 runs in its first innings. South Africa, on the other hand, responded strongly, scoring a brilliant 185 with Dean Elgar, who will retire after this series,
David Bedingham (56) and Marco Johnson (84) added crucial fifties as the hosts posted a respectable first innings score of 408 runs. India struggled in their second innings and were out for 131 runs.
