Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson turned the second captain to be fined within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Faf du Plessis after sustaining a gradual over-rate throughout their win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Chepauk on Wednesday evening. Just like Du Plessis, since this was Samson’s first offence of the season, he can be fined Rs 12 lakh.
“Rajasthan Royals have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match 17 against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on Wednesday,” an announcement by the IPL learn.
For the second offence in a season, the captain of the bowling workforce can be fined 24 lakhs and the opposite 10 gamers will both be fined six lakhs or 25 per cent of their match charges, relying on which quantity is lesser. For the third and every subsequent offence in a season, the captain of the bowling workforce can be fined 30 lakhs and also will be banned for one match. The different 10 gamers within the workforce can even be fined 12 lakhs or 50 per cent of their match charges, relying on which quantity is lesser.
#RajasthanRoyals #SanjuSamson has been fined Rs 12 lakhs after his facet maintained a gradual over-rate throughout an #IPL2023 match in opposition to #ChennaiSuperKings on the MA Chidambaram Stadium, on Wednesday evening.#CSKvRR pic.twitter.com/I5kShYmqw1
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Although his workforce Royals posted their first win over CSK in Chennai since 2008, it was an evening to overlook for Samson, who was dismissed for a duck by Ravindra Jadeja. However, Sandeep Sharma proved to be the match-winner with the ball ultimately, defending 21 runs to win within the closing over in opposition to CSK skipper MS Dhoni and Jadeja.
“Full credit to the boys in this type of ground with so much dew, it was excellent. Everyone was involved and everyone wanted to win. We want to go back with happy memories from here. We really wanted to go with a win. The ball was stopping a bit. We wanted to get (Adam) Zampa in as Impact Player. At the end, I wanted to extend the game but it still went to the last over,” Samson stated within the post-match presentation.
Royals pacer Sandeep Sharma was tasked to bowl the ultimate over and the younger pacer stated that he needed to deal with his yorkers. “I just wanted to execute my yorkers. Was bowling good yorker in the nets. Was trying to bowl the yorker on the heel but I missed. So I went around the wicket, and the results came. I wanted to take the ball out of his reach while bowling to Jadeja,” Sharma stated.
