Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan’s Wednesday (April 21) evening went from unhealthy to worse on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. First his facet slipped to a 3rd loss in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 after which the Englishman was discovered responsible of sustaining a slow over-rate against the Chennai Super Kings.
Morgan was fined Rs 12 lakh for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct and never sustaining a minimal over-rate as KKR bowlers have been taken aside by three-time champions CSK, who posted 220/3 after batting first. Morgan grew to become the third captain to cop the advantageous after CSK skipper MS Dhoni and Mumbai Indians’ captain Rohit Sharma and now risks a possible ban for one match later within the T20 league.
“Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 match against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 21,” IPL mentioned in a press release.
“As it was his team`s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Mr Morgan was fined Rs 12 lakh,” it added.
As per the IPL pointers, the captain of the erring workforce is docked Rs 12 lakh in advantageous on the primary occasion of slow over-rate. On the second occasion throughout the season, the advantageous for the captain is doubled (Rs 24 lakh) whereas each different member of taking part in XI is fined 25 per cent of match price or Rs 6 lakh – whichever is lesser.
When the offence is dedicated for the third time in a season, the captain has to pay a price of Rs 30 lakh and serve a one-match ban, whereas remainder of the members of the taking part in XI are charged with a advantageous of Rs 12 lakh or 50 per cent of match price – whichever is lesser.
In match quantity 15 of the continuing IPL, CSK first posted a mammoth whole of 220/3 of their allotted 20 overs after which bundled out KKR for 202, thus registering their third win of the event.
(with ANI inputs)
