For continuing to overrate the first Test match in Centurion against South Africa at a slow pace, India has been fined 10% of their match fee and docked two ICC World Test Championship points.
India was declared to be two overs short of the target when time allowances were taken into account, and Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees applied the punishment.
Players are penalized five percent of their match fee for each over in which their team fails to bowl in the permitted time, as per Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which deals with minimum over-rate breaches.
Furthermore, in accordance with Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship rules, a team loses one point for every over that is incomplete. As a result, India’s overall World Test Championship point total has decreased by two points.
There was no need for a formal trial because India captain Rohit Sharma admitted to the crime and accepted the suggested punishment.
Third umpire Ahsan Raza, fourth umpire Stephen Harris, and on-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Langton Rusere all made accusations.
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