Why USA were charged with 5 runs penalty against India in the T20 World Cup 2024 match?

Team India needed 35 runs to win match in 30 balls when 5 runs were suddenly taken off from required score and added to Indian total. match was open up until that moment but an addition of 5 runs without losing any of delivery, gave India breathing . momentum completely shifted in India's favour afterwards and Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube made mistake in taking India past finish line. India won match by 7 wickets. match took place at Nassau County Stadium.

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match was open until penalty of 5 runs was levied

Chasing 111 at a tricky surface, India lost big fish Virat Kohli on a golden duck. Captain Rohit Sharma also could t stick for long and India were reeling at 10/2. Credit to Saurabh Netravalkar, who picked both stalwarts of Indian cricket. Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav tried to build a stand afterwards but Pant was dismissed at score of 18 runs. Following that SKY and Shivam Dube took a cautious approach and played risk-free cricket. plan was seemingly clear, that was to take game deep and finish it in 19th and 20th over, and indeed target was attained in 19th over.

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Why 5 runs were taken off USA's score?

USA were in match pretty much throughout game but when 35 runs were needed in last 5 overs, on-field umpire revealed to USA captain Aaron Jones that a penalty of 5 runs had been levied to his team's total. punishment was a result of a delay. USA took more than one minute to start an over thrice in innings, hence, y were made to pay a heavy price was paid in form of 5 runs.