Main point:

Captain Shubman Gill may score a century in the Headingley Test, but he violated the ICC’s Dress Code Rule 19.45 by wearing black socks during the batting. Now match referee Richie Richardson will decide whether Gill will be fined or not.

Delhi: The first match of the 5 Test series between India and England is being played in the Leeds. On the first day, the Indian team batted brilliantly and scored a score of 359/3. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 101 and captain Shubman Gill scored 127 not out. However, in the meantime Gill is seen getting caught in a dispute.

Which rule did Gill break?

Shubman Gill wore black socks while batting, which is a violation of ICC’s dress code rules. According to the ICC Rule 19.45 applied to the recommendation of MCC in May 2023, only white, cream or light brown socks are allowed to be worn in Test matches.

Now action can be taken on Gill

If the match referee Richie Richardson considers it a deliberate rule violation, Gill may be fined 10 to 20 percent of the match fee. However, if this mistake is inadvertently or due to wet socks, they have changed the color, then strict action can be avoided.

Action has been taken on players before

  • In 2018, KL Rahul was fined 10% of the match fee for wearing wrong helmets.
  • In 2016, Chris Gayle used a black bat, he also suffered a fine.
  • In the 2019 World Cup, Imam-ul-Haq was punished for the wrong people.

In this way, along with the brilliant century of Shubman Gill, this dress code controversy has also come into the limelight. Now it has to be seen what the match referee decides on this.

Aparna mishra

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