Gautam Gambhir, the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders was fined 15% of the match fees as he showed despicable conduct by kicking a chair during the IPL victory of the team over RCB today at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. On the other hand, Virat Kohli, the captain of RCB is once again poorer by 24 lakhs. This is owing to slow-over-rate for 2nd time.
Now, a total fine of Rs.36 lakhs has been paid by Kohli. Earlier he was fined Rs.12 lakh for slow over-rate and now since it’s the 2nd time, the penalty is doubled.
As per an IPL media release, “Gautam Gambhir from the Kolkata Knight Riders team was fined 15% of his match fee for breaching the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday.
Gambhir had admitted this Level 1 offence of abuse of cricket clothing, cricket equipment, fixtures, ground equipment and fittings during the match. For level 1 breach, the decision of the Match Referee is binding and final.
Gambhir kicked a chair in a violent way after Suryakumar Yadav smashed a boundary. However, the commentators failed to understand as to why he was so angry when victory was on his side.
Regarding Kohli’s fine!
Talking about Kohli, the captain of RCB, fine was levied since a slow over-rate was maintained by the team during the IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders. This was the 2nd offence of this season under IPL’s Code of Conduct related to over-rate offences and hence a 24 lakh fine was levied. Rest of the team had to pay a 6 lakh fine each i.e. 25 percent of match fee.