Home / Sports / Cricket / Article / India penalised for slow over-rate in Centurion Test, lose two crucial WTC point

India penalised for slow over-rate in Centurion Test, lose two crucial WTC point

According to Article 16.11.2 of the ICC WTC playing conditions. a team is penalised one point for each over short. Team India has lost two points ahead of the WTC's points table. The Rohit-led Indian team is also charged 10 per cent of their match fees for bowling two overs short of the target

Listen to this article :
India`s skipper Rohit Sharma (Pic: AFP)

India`s skipper Rohit Sharma (Pic: AFP)

The International Cricket Council on Friday announced that Rohit Sharma-led India has been penalised for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first test match against South Africa. This made Team India lose two crucial points ahead of the ICC World Test Championship.

"India have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee and penalised two ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in the first Test in Centurion," ICC said in an official statement.

Trending Stories

Latest Photoscta-pos

Latest VideosView All

Latest Web StoriesView All

Mid-Day FastView All

Advertisement