The International Cricket Council (ICC) has penalized India for posting a slow over rate in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion. As a result, India lost 2 World Test Championship points and each player was fined 10% of his match fee.
Emirate ICC Elite Match Umpire Chris Broad imposed the fine after it emerged that India fell two overs short of the target. Indian captain Rohit Sharma accepted the proposed sanction and admitted the violation. No formal hearing on the matter was necessary.
According to Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, if a team fails to bowl within the allotted time, the player will be fined 5% of the match fee.
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“Rohit Sharma’s team was deducted a crucial two points in the ICC World Test Championship and fined 10% of their match fee for bowling two overs short in their Test opener against South Africa. ICC said. Press release.
At the start of the third day, the Proteas continued their first innings with Dean Elgar unbeaten on 140 and Marco Jansen unbeaten on 3. They scored 408 runs and secured a massive lead of 163 runs. India’s seamers, including Mohammed Siraj (2/91) and Shardul Thakur (1/101), struggled to find success, while Prasidh Krishna boosted his confidence with figures of 1/93 in 20 overs. I couldn’t summon it.
After South Africa scored 408 runs in the first innings to take a lead of 163 runs, the Indian batsmen had to fight for their team in the second innings. However, the Indian batting line-up once again let the team down by scoring only 131 runs without much resistance during the match.
The only Indian batsman who struggled in the second innings was Virat Kohli, who scored 72 runs. While the rest of the batsmen could not score in his single digits, KL Rahul displayed some great batting and helped the men in blue get a decent score in the first innings.
In all three departments, the Proteas outperformed an impressive Indian team in the first Test. Their fast bowlers bowled beautifully, exploring the Centurion conditions with overdrive, and despite the absence of captain Themba His Bavuma, the batting line-up did well on a pitch that did not allow easy runs. He showed his play.
After a stunning victory against the mighty Indian team, South Africa are currently at the top of the World Test Championship points table with a score of 12 and percentage points (PCT) of 100. Meanwhile, India dropped to 5th place with 16 points, while the PCT dropped to her 44.44.
