Trinbago Knight Riders turned the primary cricket crew to obtain a purple card on Sunday, with Sunil Narine paying the penalty for his crew’s gradual over charge in a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match.
CPL organisers launched a slew of measures to deal with the issue of slow-over charges this season, together with a purple card for a fielding aspect discovered to be delayed at the beginning of the ultimate over of an innings.
The sanction means a crew loses a participant chosen by the captain and should have six fielders contained in the circle.
The situation of gradual over-rates has plagued the sport, with matches usually spilling over their stipulated time. The governing International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched fines for worldwide groups discovered delayed in all three codecs and likewise docks World Test Championship factors.
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The Knight Riders have been left with 10 males for the ultimate over their match towards the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots however nonetheless prevailed by six wickets, their first victory in three matches.
Narine had accomplished his quota of 4 overs, with figures of 24-3, earlier than he was withdrawn for the ultimate over of the Patriots’ innings, which yielded 18 runs.
Nicholas Pooran’s 61 off 32 balls laid the inspiration for the Knight Riders’ profitable chase earlier than captain Kieron Pollard (37) and Andre Russell (23) took them residence with 17 balls remaining at Warner Park in Basseterre.
Pollard was sad with the overs-rate penalty.
“To be honest, it will take away the hard work everyone has done,” he mentioned. “We are like the pawns and we are going to do what we are told.
“We are going to play as fast as we can. If you are penalised for 30-45 seconds in a tournament like this, it is absolutely ridiculous,” he added.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com