After being fined in the first ODI for slow overpricing, the Indian team has found itself in a similar position with a 20% fine after failing to finish the first inning of the third Q20I on time. When Virat Kohli pleaded guilty, there was no hearing to impose a penalty.
India’s notorious past with a slow overshoot has hurt them from time to time. This year, the Indian team under Virat Kohli’s leadership has already been fined for a slow infraction in New Zealand earlier this year. After that, on their second away tour this calendar year, Kohli and company. they were fined a second time during India’s ODI defeat against Australia in Sydney in the first of three ODIs, to add insult to injury.
Now after the third T20I, where they pitched first, the Indian team is fined 20% of their match fee for maintaining a slow excessive rate, coming one short of target during the loss to Australia. However, with Virat Kohli pleading guilty, match referee David Boon had to eliminate an additional hearing to impose the penalty.
In New Zealand, the Indian team was fined 20% and 40% in two of the five T20Is during their cover-up over the hosts in the shorter format. In Australia, India only managed to beat the hosts 2-1 in an incredibly close T20I series between the two countries. Earlier in the same month, India fell short of the hosts in the three-game ODI series, losing 2-1 to the Australian team led by Aaron Finch dominated by Steve Smith’s batting performance.
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