WTC 2023 Final IND vs AUS: India has suffered another setback after the defeat in the World Test Championship final. ICC has imposed a fine of an entire match fee on Team India for slow over-rate. Along with India, Australia has also been fined. ICC gave information about this by tweeting. India faced defeat by 209 runs in the final match played at the Oval in London. Team India’s batting lineup proved to be a flop in this match.
In the final, India was fined a full match fee for a slow over rate. At the same time, Australia has been fined 80 per cent of the match fee. Team India was 5 overs behind the target time. At the same time, the Australian team was 4 overs behind the target time. The players of Team India have also suffered due to this. The ICC has also fined Shubman Gill. He has been fined 15 per cent of the match fee.
Significantly, India had to face defeat badly in the final. In this match, Australia scored 469 runs in the first innings. After this, the team declared the second innings after scoring 270 runs. Team India scored 296 runs in the first innings and 234 runs in the second innings. In this way, Team India had to face defeat by 209 runs. The dismissal of Shubman Gill in the second innings of this match was controversial. Many questions were raised about his catch.
Indian opener Gill was dismissed after scoring just 13 runs in the first innings of the final match. Rohit was dismissed after scoring 15 runs, and Pujara after scoring 14 runs. Kohli was also dismissed after scoring 14 runs. Shrikar Bharat had scored 5 runs.
In the second innings, Gill was dismissed after scoring 18 runs. Pujara was dismissed after scoring 27 runs. Ravindra Jadeja could not even open the account. Poor batting performance was largely responsible for Team India’s defeat.
