The International Cricket Council (ICC) has fined the Indian women’s cricket team for maintaining a slow over rate during their first match of the tri-nation series against Sri Lanka. The match took place on Sunday in Colombo, where Harmanpreet Kaur’s team registered a dominant 9-wicket win.
ICC Imposes 5% Fine on Match Fee
On Tuesday, the ICC announced that the Indian team was fined 5% of their match fees. According to Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel (which deals with minimum over-rate offences), players are fined 5% of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
Harmanpreet Kaur Accepts the Penalty
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur accepted the offense and the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing. On-field umpires Anna Harris and Nimali Perera, third umpire Lyndon Hannibal, and fourth umpire Dedunu De Silva levelled the charge.
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India Wins Both Opening Matches of the Series
India has started the tri-series with back-to-back victories. In the rain-affected opening match on Sunday in Colombo, the contest was reduced to 39 overs per side. Batting first after losing the toss, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 147 in 38.1 overs. In reply, India chased down the target in 29.4 overs, scoring 149/1 with 56 balls to spare.
Off-spinner Sneh Rana and left-arm spinner Charani bowled their full quota of 8 overs, taking 3/31 and 2/26 respectively. Veteran off-spinner Deepti Sharma also chipped in with 2 wickets for 22 runs in 5.1 overs.
In the second match of the tri-series, India defeated South Africa by 15 runs. On Tuesday in Colombo, India posted a total of 276/6 in 50 overs, thanks to a half-century from Pratika Rawal. South Africa, in response, were all out for 261 in 49.2 overs. Tazmin Brits top-scored for them with 109 runs. Sneh Rana claimed five wickets, while Arundhati Reddy, Charani, and Deepti Sharma took one wicket each.
