The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were found guilty of breaching the IPL Code of Conduct in the fixture against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Monday night at the Eden Gardens. Captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during the game.
As mentioned in the official statement, Iyer has been slapped with a hefty fine of Rs 12 lakhs since it was his team’s first offence of the season, relating to a minimum over-rate offence.
“Shreyas Iyer, the Kolkata Knight Riders captain, has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens on April 17,” the statement read.
“As it was his team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to a minimum over rate offences, Iyer was fined Rs 12 lakhs,” it added.
On Monday, RR pulled off IPL’s biggest run chase to beat KKR by two wickets. Asked to bat first, KKR rode on Sunil Narine’s 56-ball 109 to post 223/6 in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, RR were in all sorts of trouble at one stage but Jos Buttler blasted his way to an unbeaten 60-ball 107, as the visitors completed the chase in the last ball of the match.
After his team was asked to bat first on a fresh pitch, Narine blazed away to a 49-ball 100 to lead KKR’s charge in this top-of-the-table clash at Eden Gardens. It was a one-man show from KKR as Narine (109 off 56) batted till the 18th over, first stitching 85 runs with Angkrish Raghuvanshi (30) and then adding 51 runs with Andre Russell (13).
