Shubman Gill has been fined 115% match fees after his controversial Tweet regarding Cameron Green’s catch during World Test Championship (WTC) Final loss. The India opener was found guilty in violation of rule 2.7, which deals with inappropriate comments made in public regarding an incident that occurred during an international match.
In the fourth innings of India’s steep run chase of 444, Gill was given out in a controversial manner after replays showed the ball touching the ground.
After watching replays three to four times, third umpire Richard Kettleborough ruled Gill out.
Frustrated by the umpire’s verdict, the India opener took to Twitter to vent out his disappointment. However, ICC did not take Gill’s savage reply well, and fined for article 2.7 breach. Besides the 15% match fees, the India opener has also been fined 100% match fees.
Shubman Gill fined 115% match fees, Rohit Sharma & others fined 100%
Rohit Sharma & Co have been found five overs short of the target after all the time allowances were taken into consideration. In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, players are fined 20 percent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time. While the rest of the India players were fined 100% match fees.
Australia also fined for maintaining a slow over rate
Apart from India, Australia were also fined 80% of the match fees for maintaining a slow over rate. Pat Cummins & Co were found four over short. Speaking about the match, the fifth Test ended in the first session only. Australia needed seven wickets for victory, and they got the job done over an extended first-session play.
This was Australia’s first victory in the WTC final. With this win, Australia have now won the ninth ICC Trophy. They thus became the only team to win all the ICC Trophies.
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