Overview
- The incident occurred in the 11th over when Arshdeep’s return throw struck Daryl Mitchell on the pads, prompting a brief confrontation before Suryakumar Yadav and the umpires intervened.
- The ICC penalised the pacer 15% of his match fee and added one demerit point under Article 2.9 for throwing the ball in an inappropriate or dangerous manner.
- On-field umpires Richard Illingworth and Alex Wharf, with third umpire Allahuddien Paleker and fourth umpire Adrian Holdstock, levelled the charge that led to the summary sanction.
- This is Arshdeep’s first demerit point in 24 months; under ICC rules, four or more demerit points in that period convert to suspension points.
- Arshdeep apologised to Mitchell during and after the match, while head coach Gautam Gambhir later said the bowler did not need to say sorry; India won the final by 96 runs to claim a record third men’s T20 World Cup and back‑to‑back titles.