Harshit Rana. Photo: Sportzpics
Kolkata Knight Riders seamer Harshit Rana was on Tuesday fined 100 per cent of his match fees and suspended for one match for breaching IPL Code of Conduct during their seven-wicket win over Delhi Capitals here.
Rana, who was fined 60 per cent of his match fees for giving a flying-kiss send off to Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Mayank Agarwal in an earlier match, almost repeated the same offense when he knocked over Abhishek Porel in their game against Delhi on Monday.
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Rana was seen pointing his hand towards Porel, indicating him to go back to pavilion and was about to give another flying kiss before he stopped short of doing that. He was also seen appealing excessively after hitting Rasikh Salam high on his pads.
“Rana committed a Level 1 offense under Article 2.5 of the IPL's Code of Conduct. He admitted to the offense and accepted the Match Referee's sanction. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee's decision is final and binding,” the IPL said in a statement.
“The player was earlier penalized under the same level and article of the IPL Code of Conduct,” it added.
Article 2.5 of the IPL Code of Conduct addresses offenses related to “Using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from another player in the match.”
In KKR's IPL opener against SRH on March 23, Rana committed two Level 1 offenses under Article 2.5 of the IPL's Code of Conduct. He was fined 10 per cent and 50 per cent of his match fees for the two respective offences.
Rana is KKR's joint leading wicket-taker with the spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy. The trio has 11 wickets each.
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First Published: Apr 30 2024 | 10:17 PM ist