India and West Indies have received fines from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for maintaining a slow over-rate during the first T20I between the two sides played in Tarouba, Trinidad, and Tobago on Thursday. Hosts West Indies took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series by winning the game by four wickets.
Icc Fines India And West Indies For Slow Over Rate
India fell one over short of the minimum over rate, according to the International Cricket Council (ICC), while West Indies were two behind. It said in its statement that West Indies were fined 10% of their match fee for falling two overs short of the minimum over rate, while India was fined 5% of their match fee for falling one over short of the minimum over rate.
Pandya and Powell accept the sanctions
Article 2.22 of the ICC Set of Rules for Players and Player Backing Staff connects with least over-rate offenses. The ICC said that the players are “fined five percent of their match expenses for each over their side neglects to bowl in the designated time, dependent upon a cap of 50% of the match charge.”
West Indies Won The Game
West Indies batted first and set up an all-out 149/6. Commander Powell top scored with 48 off 32 while Nicholas Pooran scored 41 of every 34. Previous captain Jason Holder then, at that point, featured with the ball as the West Indies confined India to a sum of 145/9, hence getting triumph in the match.
Holder finished the coordinate with figures of 2/19 out of four overs and won the player of the match grant too. He dumbfounded a twofold wicket lady in the sixteenth, which conclusively reversed the situation in the West Indies approval.
Pandya Dismissed On First Ball
While skipper Pandya was excused off the primary wad of the over, Sanju Samson was then run out, leaving Axar Patel as the main perceived hitter for India in the demise overs. Axar fell in the nineteenth over to Obed McCoy and keeping in mind that Arshdeep Singh hit two consecutive fours in that over to keep India’s expectations alive, it turned out to be a lot for their long tail to do.