Monday in Bengaluru, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Chennai Super Kings by eight runs in IPL 2023. The reason why the host’s Virat Kohli was fined 10% of his match fee is as follows.
Virat Kohli has been fined 10% of his match fee for violating the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team’s eight-run loss to the four-time defending champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Monday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. According to a statement, Kohli had violated Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct.
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While the IPL statement did not specify the incident that led to the code of conduct violation, it may have been the ex-RCB captain’s excessive celebration following the dismissal of CSK middle-order batsman Shivam Dube off the bowling of Wayne Parnell on Monday. The ‘Southern Derby’ was won by Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team by eight runs thanks to a 52-run knock from Dube off 27 balls.
IPL statement: “RCB batsman Virat Kohli was fined 10% of his match fee for violating the IPL Code of Conduct during the IPL 2023 match against CSK at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.” According to the statement, Kohli, who scored six runs on Monday, had “confessed to the Level 1 violation under Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct.”
“For Level 1 Code of Conduct violations, the Match Referee’s decision is final and enforceable,” the statement continued. On April 20, RCB will play Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Mohali.