India lose nearly entire match fee for slow over rate in third consecutive match

Virat Kohli's team slapped with 80 per cent fine for failing to bowl their overs in time in Hamilton

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  Virat Kohli India’s suffered their first defeat of the New Zealand tour as they lost the first ODI in Hamilton on Wednesday. AFP

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  New Zealand's Ross Taylor celebrates his century during the first ODI in Hamilton on Wednesday. AP

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  Tom Latham after being dismissed at Seddon Park. Getty Images

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  India’s Virat Kohli runs out New Zealand’s Colin de Grandhomme in Hamilton on Wednesday. AFP

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  India were fined 80 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over rate in Hamilton. Getty Images

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  Ross Taylor shakes hands with Virat Kohli at the conclusion of the first ODI at Seddon in Hamilton. Getty Images

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  Shardul Thakur gave away 80 runs in nine over at Seddon Park on Wednesday. Getty Images

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  New Zealand's Ross Taylor during the first ODI against India in Hamilton on Wednesday. AP

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  New Zealand’s Tom Blundell is dismissed at Seddon Park in Hamilton. AFP

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  Kuldeep Yadav went for 84 runs in his 10 overs against New Zealand in the first ODI. Getty Images

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  India’s KL Rahul scored an attacking 88 in Hamilton. AFP

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  India’s Shreyas Iyer scored a century at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Wednesday. AFP

There was more pain in store for the Indian team following defeat in the first ODI against New Zealand on Wednesday with the entire team fined 80 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over rate in Hamilton.

The International Cricket Council decided to impose the fine after Virat Kohli's team was deemed to be "four overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration".

Kohli pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the sanction. According to the rules, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over short of the target.

This was the third straight match in which the Indian team failed to maintain their over rate. In the fourth T20 against the Kiwis in Wellington, India were fined 40 per cent of their match fee for their over rate offence. They failed to learn from their mistake and were slapped with a 20 per cent fine in the fifth and final T20.

What makes India's 'hat-trick' unique is that they had gone nearly six years without committing an over-rate offence. And now, they have erred three times in as many matches.

It was a tough day all round for India but captain Kohli said New Zealand deserved their win. "We didn't grab on to one chance, but we were decent. Today, the opposition played better than us and they deserved to win,” Kohli said.