MCC Head Advises BCCI: Shift Slow Over-Rate Penalties From Cricketers To Umpires

MCC's Fraser Stewart requests IPL to fine umpires for slow over rates, calling for stricter timekeeping to speed up matches.

Head of Cricket at Marylebone Cricket Club, Fraser Stewart, has said that slow over-rate penalties in the Indian Premier League should be levied on umpires and not the players because the officials have the right to pause long breaks and in the case of delayed games, they are responsible.

One of the attendees at the slow-paced, four-hour, 22-minute-long clash between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium was Stewart.