India vs South Africa On the second day of the second test, captain Rishabh Pant got so angry at Kuldeep Yadav and some other players that he shouted that you are “not playing at home.” Actually, at this time the players of Team India had made a mistake, for which the umpire gave them a second warning. If another such mistake is made in the next 80 overs, South Africa will get 5 free runs as a penalty.

Why did Team India get warning?

On the second day, Kuldeep Yadav bowled the 88th over, but he took more than the stipulated time (60 seconds) to start it. Kuldeep started setting the fielding, during this time Rishabh Pant’s voice was heard from the stump mike asking him to bowl one ball quickly. Pant reminded that the timer was on, then the umpire signaled the second warning. This was the second violation of the ICC stop clock rule by Team India in the last 8 overs.

What is ICC stop clock rule?

In Test cricket, after the end of the over, the second over should start within 60 seconds. If the time exceeds this, the umpire gives a warning. If such warning is given twice, then on the next mistake the opposing team gets 5 free runs as a penalty. However, let us tell you that it starts again after every 80 overs. That is, if after these warnings no mistake occurs for 80 overs, or even if it occurs, 2 warnings will be given again after that.

Rishabh Pant to Kuldeep: Timer is running, hurry up, are you playing at home?

Later umpire gave warning 2nd time pic.twitter.com/CUep5Rrse2

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The purpose of implementing this rule is to prevent wastage of time. The players of the fielding team will not take much time to start the next over. A similar rule applies when the batsmen are out. After a batsman is out, the new batsman has to play the first ball within 3 minutes, if more time is taken and an appeal is made, then the batsman is given out under the ‘Timed Out’ rule.