The Kolkata Knight Rider's (KKR) emphatic five-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) in their IPL match on Wednesday (April 6) didn't end on a good note for the Shreyas Iyer-led side. KKR's Nitish Rana and MI's Jasprit Bumrah were found guilty of breaching IPL code of conduct at the MCA stadium.
Both Rana and Bumrah were docked 10 per cent of their match-fee on Wednesday.
“Nitish Rana from Kolkata Knight Riders has been reprimanded and fined 10 percent of his match-fee for breaching the TATA Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Mumbai Indians at Pune,” a statement from IPL read.
“Mr Rana admitted to the Level 1 offence of the IPL Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction. Jasprit Bumrah from Mumbai Indians has been reprimanded for breaching the TATA Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Pune,” the statement added.
In IPL Level 1 Code of Conduct offences, the decision of match referee is binding. “Mr Bumrah admitted to the Level 1 offence of the IPL Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding,” the statement read.
Premier pacer Pat Cummins shone with the bat like never before, equalling the record for the fastest fifty in the IPL, including amassing 35 in an over. Cummins blazed away to his fifty in just 14 balls, joining KL Rahul on the top of the leaderboard, while opener Venkatesh Iyer batted through the innings for his unbeaten 41-ball 50, as KKR completed a chase of 162 with as many as four overs to spare.
Daniel Sams bore the brunt of Cummins' onslaught the most, conceding 35 runs in the 16th over, which sealed it for KKR.
Together with Iyer, Cummins, who came in at number six, shared 61 runs in just 2.1 overs to overhaul MI's total of 161 for four.
MI, thus, slumped to their third defeat in as many matches.
Meanwhile, while chasing 162, Rana managed to score 8 off 7 balls before being dismissed by MI’s Murugan Ashwin while Bumrah failed to pick up a wicket while conceding 26 runs in three overs.
