DUBAI, Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates – Both West In­dies and In­dia were pe­nalised by the In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil (ICC) for their slow over rates in the third and fi­nal One Day In­ter­na­tion­al on Sat­ur­day.

In­dia was fined 20 per cent of their match fees, while West In­dies were docked 10 per cent of their earn­ings af­ter be­ing ruled four and two overs short of their re­quired over-rates re­spec­tive­ly, once time al­lowances were tak­en in­to con­sid­er­a­tion.

The match at the Ma­hara­ja Ya­davin­dra Singh In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Sta­di­um last­ed over nine hours, with the West In­dies even­tu­al­ly pre­vail­ing by five wick­ets to earn a con­so­la­tion vic­to­ry in the three-match se­ries.

The charges were lev­elled by on-field um­pires Ja­yara­man Madanagopal and Sam No­ga­js­ki, third um­pire Shar­fud­doula Ib­ne Shahid and fourth um­pire Viren­der Shar­ma.

Match ref­er­ee Prakash Bhatt im­posed the sanc­tions and a state­ment from the ICC said both cap­tains plead­ed guilty to the of­fences and ac­cept­ed the pro­posed sanc­tions.

CMC