India’s Sharma fined for dissent

India batsman Rohit Sharma has been fined for showing dissent during a 14-run defeat by the West Indies in a World Twenty20 Super Eights match, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday.

Sharma was given out at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday when he gloved behind attempting a scoop shot off Kieron Pollard.

The dismissal was mired in controversy, when the batsman essentially asked New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden to refer the decision to TV umpire Steve Davis.

But the umpire decision review system is not in place for the competition, and Bowden upheld his original verdict, following consultation with his Australian on-field colleague Simon Taufel.

Sharma was charged with a level one offence under the ICC code of conduct. As the batsman pleaded gulity, there was no need for match referee Jeff Crowe, the former New Zealand batsman, to hold a full hearing.

India complete its Super Eights programme against Sri Lanka at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia on Tuesday, needing a victory and other results to go their way to qualify for the semi-finals.

AFP