Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli has been fined 10 per cent of his match price for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct in the course of the group’s eight-run loss to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
An announcement mentioned that Kohli had breached the foundations below Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct.
While the IPL assertion didn’t go into particulars concerning the incident, which attracted the code of conduct violation, it might have been as a result of former RCB skipper’s over-the-top celebration following CSK middle-order batter Shivam Dube’s dismissal off the bowling of Wayne Parnell on Monday.
Dube struck a 27-ball 52 in CSK’s mammoth 226 for six within the ‘Southern Derby’ as Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s group received by eight runs.
“Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli has been fined 10 percent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru,” mentioned the IPL assertion.
It mentioned Kohli, who scored six runs on Monday, had “admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct”.
“For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding,” the assertion added.
RCB will play Punjab Kings subsequent at Mohali on April 20.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com