DOHA: India’s opening batsman Shubman Gill has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for criticising the TV umpire’s decision in the World Test Championship final against Australia.
Australia beat India by 209 runs to win the title.
India, meanwhile, have been fined their entire match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate while Australia have been docked 80% of fees for the same reason.
Gill was found to have breached Article 2.7 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “public criticism of, or inappropriate comment in relation to an incident occurring in an international match, the ICC said in a statement on Monday.
In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to Gill’s disciplinary record, for whom it was the first offence in a 24-month period.
The incident occurred after the fourth day’s play when Gill criticised the umpiring decision for his dismissal in the second innings of the match on social media. Gill too accepted the sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
