West Indies and India fined for maintaining slow over-rate in T20I series opener

India and West Indies have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first T20 International in Trinidad and Tobago on 3 August. India was fined five percent of their match fee for falling one over short of the minimum over rate, while West Indies have been fined 10 percent of their match fee for falling two overs short of the minimum over rate.

Richie Richardson of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Hardik Pandya and Rovman Powell’s sides were ruled to be one and two overs short respectively of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offenses, players are fined five percent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, subject to a cap of 50 percent of the match fee.

Pandya and Powell pleaded guilty to the offenses and accepted the proposed sanctions, so there was no need for a formal hearing. On-field umpires Gregory Brathwaite and Patrick Gustard, third umpire Nigel Duguid and fourth umpire Leslie Reifer leveled the charges