Colombo, Apr 29 (UNI) The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side have been fined five per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate during the opening match held in Colombo on Sunday.

The sanction was imposed by Vanessa de Silva from the ICC International Panel of Match Referees after India were found to be one over short of the required rate, even after considering the applicable time allowances.

The fine is in line with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which deals with minimum over-rate violations. As per the regulations, teams are penalized 5% of their match fee for each over that is not completed in the allotted time.

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur accepted responsibility for the offence and agreed to the proposed sanction, making a formal hearing unnecessary.

The charge was brought forward by on-field umpires Anna Harris and Nimali Perera, with support from third umpire Lyndon Hannibal and fourth umpire Dedunu de Silva, an ICC report said.

A powerful all-round performance from India, led by Sneh Rana's three-wicket haul and Pratika Rawal's unbeaten half-century in the 148-run chase saw India cruise through to a nine-wicket

win in the contest.

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