In the pivotal match against India, USA faced a harsh umpire decision resulting in the 5 penalty runs. In the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, USA came across as one of the formidable teams, winning back to back matches until it lost its third group stage match to India.
India entered the next stage of the tournament, Super 8 after defeating USA by 7 wickets. Arshdeep Singh and Suryakumar Yadav were pivotal in leading India to crucial victory. With Arshdeep’s 4 for 9, USA was limited to a total of 110 for 8. And in the chase, Suryakumar’s impressive 50 off 49 balls was the driving force. And after the 15th over, USA was penalized 5 runs for exceeding 60 seconds gap between the overs for the third time.
With 5 runs, India was significantly revealed off the pressure at a crucial stage in the match and Suryakumar Yadav was fueled to lead India to a third win in the Group Stage match. And eventually India won by 7 wickets.
During the match USA overlooked the important ICC rule. This happened when USA were lagging behind by 60 seconds in initiating the over after completing the previous one.
Though the USA skipper, Aaron Jones was warned twice for violating the stop-clock rule but after third same instance, the umpire called for the five penalty runs.
ICC had revealed in a statement, “If the bowling team is not ready to bowl the next over within 60 seconds of the previous over being completed, a 5-run penalty will be imposed the third time it happens in an innings.”
The stop-clock rule was made necessary by ICC to speed up the over rates. According to the rule, umpire will regulate the amount of time taken between the overs on clock. If the bowling team exceeds 60 seconds of time in initiating the next over, five run penalty will be imposed. Penalty will be imposed only if it happens thrice in an inning. The rule was implemented from June 01.
From the time ICC revealed that this rule will be enforced into the T20 World Cup and would be in the T20I format, since then it is a mandatory rule in the white-ball format including ODI cricket.
India has ensured the berth in Super 8 while USA will hope to win against Ireland on June 14 by enough margin to make it possible for them to enter the next stage of the tournament.
Tabinda Mir is a writer from Kashmir. She is an English Honours graduate and her interests primarily dwell in poetry and sports writing. She likes to cover Cricket as an avid fan. Apart from sports, her other publications include articles, poems and a letter to summer in the book titled, “Under The Summer Skies”.
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