IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore succumbed to an eight-run defeat to Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru on Monday. Meanwhile, the hosts' Virat Kohli was fined 10% of his match fee, and here is why.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during the team's eight-run loss to former four-time champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday. A statement said that Kohli had breached the rules under Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct.
While the IPL statement did not detail the incident, which attracted the code of conduct violation, it could have been due to the 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 6 in the 'Southern Derby' as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team won by eight runs.
"RCB batter Virat Kohli has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the IPL 2023 match against CSK at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru," said the IPL statement. It said 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 statement added. RCB will play Punjab Kings (PBKS) next at Mohali on April 20.
(With inputs from PTI)