On the first day of the Leeds Test against England, Indian captain Shubman Gill got to see. Shubman scored a century in his first Test innings as a captain. This was the sixth century of Shubman’s Test career. On the first day, when the game was over, Shubman Gill was 127 and Vice-captain Rishabh Pant for 65 runs. The score of the Indian team was also 359 runs in the first innings at the loss of three wickets.
This magnificent century of Shubman Gill is being discussed. Also, the Indian captain was also in the headlines due to another reason for the first day of the game (20 June). Actually, on the first day of this match, Shubman descended to bat by wearing black socks (socks), which is considered a violation of the ICC rules.
Let us know that according to Claus 19.45 of ICC’s Clothing and Equipment Rules (Close and Equipment Rules), in Test cricket, the player has to wear white, cream or light gray socks (socks). But Shubman Gill descended wearing black color nudes. The rule came into effect from May 2023 after the recommendations of Merilbone Cricket Club (MCC).
Now the match referee Richie will depend on Richardson what decision they take. If the match referee believes that Shubman has intentionally committed a crime of Level-1, then the Indian captain can be fined, which can be from 0 to 50 percent. However, if the referee feels that Shubman Gill did this inadvertently or in the circumstances (like white socks), then he can avoid the fine.
Players can be fined 0 to 50 percent for the ICC level-1 crime and demerites points can be found. At the same time, for the level-2 crime, the player can be imposed 50 to 100 percent fine and ban (eg 1 test or 2 ODIs). However, cases related to dress code are rare under Level-2 crime.
These players were fined for violating ICC’s Clothing and Equipment rules
* In 2016, Chris Gayle used a black bat in a match of Big Bash League (BBL), which was against the rule. Gayle was then fined 10 percent of the match fee.
* In the Test match against Afghanistan in the year 2018, KL Rahul came wearing a helmet which was against the ICC rules. In such a situation, he was fined 10 percent of the match fees.
* Pakistani batsman Imam ul Haq had come down by putting such logos on the bat against England during the 2019 ODI World Cup, which was against the rules of ICC. The Imam was fined 15 percent of the match fees.
* Joe Root in 2021 in the match against India put a rainbow (rainbow) mark on his jerseys, which was in support of the LGBTQ+ community. Due to this, 15 percent of the match fees were fined on him.