Nitish Rana fined for breach of IPL code of conduct
A hefty fine of Rs 24 lakh has been imposed on Nitish Rana for the offence. Since this was KKR’s second offense in the current season, each member of the playing XI has also been fined.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Nitish Rana paid a heavy price for maintaining a slow over-rate against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday night. He has been fined a whopping Rs 24 lakh for this offence. Since this was KKR’s second offense in the current season, each member of the playing XI has been fined Rs 6 lakh or 25 per cent of their match fee, whichever is less.
“Nitish Rana has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Chennai Super Kings on May 14, 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai,” the IPL official release said. “
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“As this was his team’s second offense of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Mr Rana has been fined Rs. 24 lakh and each member of the playing XI, including the impact substitute, is fined Rs. 6 lakh or 25% of the match fee, whichever is less.
Before KKR beat Chennai in its den, Rana had a heated exchange with the on-field umpires. The incident happened just before the last over of CSK’s innings. The Knight Riders were penalized for exceeding the time limit of completing all 20 overs. As per the new rules, a team is bound to field a maximum of four fielders outside the circle, instead of five, if they fail to maintain the over-rate.
A video went viral on social media in which Rana can be seen lashing out at the umpires.
The KKR skipper finally found his cool as Arora bowled a brilliant final over, conceding just 9 runs and taking the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja.
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CSK, who decided to bat first, could only manage 144 runs for six wickets. Shivam Dube scored an unbeaten 48 off 34 balls at Chepauk, while taking two wickets each for KKR spinners Sunil Narine (2/15) and Varun Chakravarthy (2/36).
Chasing 145 to win, KKR faced a few hurdles before reaching the target in 18.3 overs with Rinku Singh and skipper Nitish Rana scoring 54 and 57 respectively.
(with agency inputs)
