Shreyas Iyer slapped with heavy fine following KKR’s last-ball defeat to Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined Rs 12 lakhs of his match charges for breaching the IPL‘s Code of Conduct relating to minimal over-rate offences. Iyer and his gamers had been unable to run via their overs in time in the course of the conflict towards Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Tuesday (April 16).

“Shreyas Iyer, the Kolkata Knight Riders captain, has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens on April 17,” BCCI’s assertion learn.

Notably, Shreyas is the newest entrant on the record of captains who’ve been penalised for sustaining a sluggish over-rate. Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant have already been fined for a similar offence.

Iyer had a recreation to overlook as he may merely combination 11 runs off seven balls with the assistance of 1 4 and a most. The right-handed batter was pinned in entrance of his stumps by Rajasthan’s premier leggie Yuzvendra Chahal.

Iyer tried to go for a slog sweep however failed to make any contact and was struck on the again leg in entrance of the stumps. He was declared out on the sphere however determined to problem the choice utilizing a evaluation.

However, to Iyer’s disappointment, the choice was upheld and the KKR skipper was pressured to make his method again to the dressing room.

KKR misplaced the sport on the final ball of the match regardless of scoring 223 batting first as Jos Buttler powered Rajasthan to their joint-highest run chase (profitable) in IPL historical past. Iyer admitted that the defeat was a “bitter pill to swallow” and credited Buttler for enjoying a superb knock.

“It’s a funny game at the end of the day, he was striking the ball cleanly and timing them so well, have to take it on the chin and move on. I mean at this point of time you see that you bowl your best deliveries, a little bit hit or miss and you are sent out of the ground, it’s good that it happened now rather than it happening in the later stages of the tournament, good learning for us,” Iyer mentioned in the course of the post-match presentation.