'Free' 5 runs of India! First time in cricket

Penalty in cricket terms. 'Free' in the minds of our people. Whatever the term is used, it was India's advantage in the low-scoring match against the USA.

Nassau International Cricket Stadium means low scoring matches. The demands of T20 cricket were not met in any of the previous seven matches, almost everyone believed that India-USA match would not be either. That belief has won.

The United States batted earlier and could not score more than 110 runs for 8 wickets. The low-scoring match on this strange ground was a great contest. It happened today. Batting against the target given by USA, India reached the target 10 balls early. To win the match by 7 wickets.

Every run was crucial in this match. But India got 5 precious runs 'for free'. Why is that? ICC has not given any advantage to India outside the rules. Rather, according to the rules of the field, the former champions of the T20 World Cup got 5 runs.

The stop-clock rule has been introduced in this World Cup. No more than 60 seconds can be taken between two overs. As per the rules, if a team takes more than 60 seconds between two overs three times in the same match, the opposition will get 5 runs. The dictionary name of this new rule of cricket is penalty.

India gets 5 runs due to ICC's new rules. It is difficult to say whether the match is settled at the end. But 5 runs makes a huge difference in this field.

When India needed 35 runs from 30 balls to win, the umpire gave a penalty of 5 runs. 5 runs added to the scoreboard without wasting any balls. Not only did India move forward, the pressure on them decreased.

“If the bowling team is not ready to bowl the next over within 60 seconds of the completion of the previous over, a 5-run penalty will be awarded for the third time in the innings,” the ICC said in a statement. The umpires cautioned US captain Aaron Jones twice for violating the stop-clock rule but after the third incident of the offence, the umpire called for 5 penalty runs.'