WTC Final: ICC punishes Shubman Gill for ‘inappropriate' tweet, Team India slapped with heavy fine

Promising opener Shubman Gill and the Indian cricket team have been severely fined for respective offences during the recently-concluded World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at the Oval.

Rohit Sharma-led Team India has been slapped with a heavy sanction from the International Cricket Council (ICC). The Indian team has been fined the entirety of their WTC final match fee for slow over rate. As per the announcement by ICC, the action has been taken after India were found guilty of being five overs short of target.

In another blow to the Indian team, young opener Gill too has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for showing displeasure. Gill had taken to Twitter and Instagram to show his annoyance after he was given out in a controversial manner when he was caught in the slips by Cameron Green. The additional fine means Gill will be docked a total of 115 percent of match fee.

“India’s Shubman Gill will face a sanction for appearing to criticise the decision to give him out on the fourth day of the Test, breaching article 2.7 which relates to public criticism or inappropriate comment in relation to an incident occurring in an international match. The young opener was fined a further 15 percent of his match fee,” the statement by ICC read.

Meanwhile, Australia too have been docked 80 percent of their match fee for being four overs short.