Nitish Rana led the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to a five-wicket win over the Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday night. This helped KKR move up to fifth place on the IPL 2023 points table. But Rana’s night got a little bit worse when the IPL fined him for keeping a slow overrate.
It was Rana’s second fine in the IPL 2023 season, but it was the first time he was fined for going too fast. “The leader of the Kolkata Knight Riders, Nitish Rana, was fined because his team’s over-rate was slow during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) game against the Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.” “Mr. Rana was fined Rs. 12 lakhs because it was his team’s first minimum over-rate violation of the season, which is against the IPL’s Code of Conduct,” an IPL statement said.
Rana had a verbal fight with Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hrithik Shokeen at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai earlier this season, which cost him 25% of his match pay. The bowler for the Mumbai Indians yelled at Rana after he got rid of the KKR captain in the ninth over of their match at the Wankhede Stadium. Rana stopped in his tracks, turned around, and yelled back at the bowler.
Rana was caught by replacement fielder Ramandeep Singh at long on, and Shokeen looked right at the batter to say something. But when Rana turned around to answer the young player’s attack, the stand-in captain for Mumbai Indians, Suryakumar Yadav, and the most experienced player in the game, Piyush Chawla, stepped in to calm things down.
“Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana was fined 25% of his match fee for breaking the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.” Rana admits to breaking Article 2.21 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which is a Level 1 offense, the BCCI said in a statement.
“Hrithik Shokeen, a bowler for the Mumbai Indians, was fined 10% of his match fee for breaking the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s game against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.” “Shokeen admits to breaking Article 2.5 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which is a Level 1 offense,” the statement said.
Rana got 1/7 with the ball against PBKS on Monday night and got Shikhar Dhawan, the other team’s captain, out for 57. Then, the KKR captain hit 51 runs off 38 balls to help his team win by five wickets at home.
