Rahul Tiwari
khelja|26-01-2025
Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian team has consistently performed well in T20 cricket. In the last 6 months, every opponent has surrendered in front of Team India. A similar situation currently prevails in England, which lost badly to India in the first T20 match. Overall, after making waves with batting, Surya is now doing wonders with captaincy as well. But in the second T20 match against England, captain Surya made such a mistake twice, which could have cost Team India a lot.
After winning the first T20 match in Kolkata, Team India came to Chennai for the second T20. Here also the Indian team bowled first and once again the power of the spinners was seen. But during this time, Team India broke the same rule twice, due to which the umpires also warned captain Suryakumar Yadav that if the same mistake is made for the third time, Team India will be punished. But was this a mistake and what kind of punishment would have been given for it, which could have harmed Team India?
Actually, something happened that when Team India was bowling, sometimes captain Suryakumar Yadav was taking a lot of time to set the fielding and sometimes to start the new over. To speed up the pace of play in T20 cricket, ICC had introduced a new rule last year that each team will have to start the next over within 60 seconds after the end of one over. If he misses this twice, the captain will get a warning and if the mistake is made for the third time, a penalty of 5 runs will be imposed.
The Indian team made this mistake twice, due to which it was in danger. Due to delay in the start of the 19th over, Team India got the second warning, after which the team started the 20th over within the stipulated limit of 60 seconds. If this had not happened, a penalty of 5 runs would have been imposed on Team India and 5 runs would have been added to England's score. That means the score of 165 runs scored by England while batting first would have increased to 170 runs and Team India would have got the target of 171 runs.