Nitish Rana, Hrithik Shokeen fined for verbal duel during MI-KKR IPL clash | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Nitish Rana and Mumbai Indians (MI) bowler Hrithik Shokeen have been fined 25 percent and 10 percent of their match fees respectively for breaching IPL’s code of conduct on Sunday.
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Both of them were involved in a verbal duel after MI bowler Shokeen dismissed Rana during the IPL clash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
The incident happened in the ninth over of their match when Shokeen had a go at Rana after dismissing the KKR captain, who was on his way back to the dugout but stopped and turned around to angrily give some words back at the bowler.

Shokeen had Rana caught at long on by substitute fielder Ramandeep Singh, and immediately looked in the direction of the batter to say a few words. But as Rana turned back to respond to the young player’s charge at him, Mumbai Indians’ stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav and the senior most player in the game, Piyush Chawla, stepped in to diffuse the tension.

“Rana admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.21 of the IPL’s code of conduct while Shokeen admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 of the IPL’s code of conduct,” stated an IPL media release.

Also, Mumbai Indians captain Suryakumar Yadav has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their IPL match against KKR.
Since it was his team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s code of conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Suryakumar was fined Rs 12 lakh.