INDIA AND PAK FINED FOR SLOW OVER RATE

India and Pakistan cricket teams have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during their second one-day international at Mohali on Thursday. International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Roshan Mahanama imposed the fines after both the teams were ruled to be one over short of their targets when time allowances were taken into consideration, a spokesman for the ICC said on Friday.

In accordance with the ICC Code of Conduct regulations governing over-rate penalties, players are fined five percent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that amount. “As such, rival captains Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Shoaib Malik have been fined 10 percent of their match fee while their players have each received five percent fines,” the spokesman added.

He said Mahanama spoke to both captains after the match and reminded them of their sides’ obligations to complete their overs in the time allocated in the futur