IND vs ENG: ‘Avoidable shoulder bump’ – India batter fined; England team also penalised | Cricket News – Times of India

India’s Pratika Rawal bats towards England. (AP Photo)

NEW DELHI: India batter Pratika Rawal has been fined 10 p.c of her match price for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct throughout the first ODI towards England, following two cases of avoidable bodily contact with opposition gamers.The 21-12 months-previous opener was discovered responsible of a Level 1 offence underneath Article 2.12, which offers with “inappropriate physical contact with a player, umpire, match referee or any other person during an international match.”Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The first incident occurred within the 18th over, when Rawal made pointless contact with England pacer Lauren Filer whereas taking a single. The same incident adopted within the very subsequent over, when Rawal appeared to shoulder bump Sophie Ecclestone whereas strolling again to the pavilion after being dismissed.

In addition to the fantastic, one demerit level has been added to Rawal’s disciplinary report. It was her first offence inside a 24-month interval.

Meanwhile, the England team was fined 5 p.c of their match price for a gradual over charge, discovered to be one over brief after time allowances have been taken under consideration. England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt accepted the sanction, avoiding the necessity for a proper listening to.Both Rawal and Sciver-Brunt accepted the penalties handed down by match referee Sarah Bartlett.The on-discipline rigidity got here throughout a tightly contested collection opener at Old Trafford, the place India clinched a tough-fought win. England posted 258/6, driving on Sophia Dunkley’s 83 and a fifty from Alice Davidson-Richards.India overcame a center-order wobble, due to a composed 62 from Deepti Sharma, supported by Jemimah Rodrigues (48) and Amanjot Kaur (20), to seal the match by 4 wickets and take a 1-0 collection lead.