West Indies’ wicketkeeper batsman Nicholas Pooran, the hero of their two-wicket victory over India within the second T20 International, on Monday has been fined 15 per cent of his match price for publicly criticising the umpires in the course of the match in Guyana. Pooran’s was a Level 1 offence and he was discovered to have breached Article 2.7 of the ICC Code of Conduct for gamers and participant help personnel, which pertains to “public criticism in relation to an incident occurring in an international match”.

Pooran admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction of a reprimand that was proposed by match referee, Richie Richardson, and as such there was no want for a proper listening to.

In addition to this, one demerit level has additionally been added to Pooran’s disciplinary file, for whom it was the primary offence in a 24-month interval.

The incident occurred following the assessment of a LBW choice within the fourth over of the India innings. Pooran criticised the umpires for having to make use of up a participant assessment for a choice which he thought was clearly not out.

On-field umpires Leslie Reifer and Nigel Duguid, third umpire Gregory Brathwaite and fourth official Patrick Gustard levelled the costs.

Level 1 breaches carry a minimal penalty of an official reprimand, a most penalty of fifty per cent of a participant’s match price, and one or two demerit factors.

Chasing 153, the West Indies’ rode Pooran’s 40-ball 67 to win the match with seven balls to spare to take a 2-0 lead within the five-match collection.