Bangladesh have been fined five per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against defending champions England in a league match of the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket ODI World Cup in Dharamshala.
The Shakib Al Hasan-led Bangladesh side was ruled to be 1 over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration and Javagal Srinath of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction. In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 5 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
The Bangla Tigers’ skipper Shakib pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing. On-field umpires Ahsan Raza and Paul Wilson, third umpire Adrian Holdstock and fourth umpire Kumar Dharmasena levelled thecharge.
Notably, Bangladesh suffered a 137-run defeat in their second 2023 World Cup affair on Tuesday.
Bangladesh will next take on New Zealand in their third league game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.