Former ICC match referee Chris Broad has revealed that he was asked to “be lenient” in order to spare India an over-rate fine at one point during his time as a match official. Speaking to The Telegraph, Broad did not reveal when the incident took place but that he received a call during a game in which India were behind the required over-rate. “India were three, four overs down at the end of a game so it constituted a fine,” said Broad. “I got a phone call saying, ‘be lenient, find some time because it’s India’. And it’s like, right,…
“I was told not to punish India for slow over-rate” – Former Match Referee Chris Broad
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