India and Pakistan have each been penalised forty percent of their match expenses for keeping a sluggish over-rate during their Asia Cup Group A match on Sunday, August 28. The match was played as part of the Asia Cup.
India and Pakistan have each been penalised forty percent of their match expenses for keeping a sluggish over-rate during their Asia Cup Group A match on Sunday, August 28. The match was played as part of the Asia Cup.
The penalties were imposed by Jeff Crowe, a member of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees. They came about as a result of the fact that it was determined that the teams captained by Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam fell two overs short of reaching their respective targets when time allowances were factored in. In accordance with the provisions of Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which addresses offences related to the minimum over-rate, players receive a fine equal to twenty percent of their match fees for each over that their team is unable to bowl within the allotted amount of time.
Because both captains admitted their culpability for the offence and agreed to the punishment that was suggested, there was no requirement for a formal hearing to take place.
The accusations were settled by the on-field umpires Masudur Rahman and Ruchira Pilliyaguruge, as well as the third umpire Raveendra Wimalasiri and the fourth umpire Gazi Sohel.
In the first match of the series, Pakistan were bowled out for 147 runs after 19.5 overs. Only the opener Mohammed Rizwan (43) and Iftikhar Ahmed (28) were able to add something of value with the bat for their team.
The pace and short-length deliveries of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (four for twenty-six), Hardik Pandya (three for twenty-five), Arshdeep Singh (two for thirty-three), and Avesh Khan (one for nineteen) blasted away Pakistani hitters, and wickets dropped at a regular clip.
When India was trying to reach 148, they lost KL Rahul for a duck in the very first over of the game. After this, Virat Kohli (35), who was the anchor of the innings, had a 49-run stand with Rohit Sharma (12), who was the captain and generally battled at the opposite end of the batting order. India’s score was reduced to 3/53 as a direct result of two wickets taken by Mohammed Nawaz, one each for Sharma and Kohli.
After this, Ravindra Jadeja and Suryakumar Yadav helped carry the scoreboard forward with a stand of 36 runs before Suryakumar was bowled by the debutant Naseem Shah for 18. The next thing that happened was a stand of 52 runs between Jadeja (35) and Hardik Pandya (33*), which brought India close to winning. The in-form Pandya then concluded the proceedings with a six with two balls to spare, which gave India a five-wicket win.
Both Nawaz (3/33) and Naseem Shah (2/27), bowling for Pakistan, had exceptionally good games, but it wasn’t enough to give them the victory.
