England have been fined 20 percent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate in the 4th T20I at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The visitors were found to be one over short of the target and match referee Javagal Srinath imposed the fine after time allowances were taken into consideration.

In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players were fined 20 percent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, the ICC said in a release on Friday (March 19).

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Eoin Morgan pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the sanction, so there was no need of a formal hearing. On-field umpires KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Nitin Menon, and third umpire Virendar Sharma levelled the charges.

India won the match by 8 runs to level the series 2-2 with Suryakumar Yadav scoring a half-century in his maiden innings at the international level. Shardul Thakur, Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled brilliantly at the death to keep the series alive.

(With PTI inputs)