NEW DELHI – Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has endured a24 hours to forget, handed a fine for an over rate offence following hisside s crushing defeat to Chennai Super Kings in Wednesday night s IPLaction.
Kohli was penalised after his side failed to bowl their overs within thestipulated time at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, continuing an alarming trend inthe tournament; of the 24 matches played to date, just two have beencompleted in the allotted time frame.
“As it was his team s first offence of the season under the IPL s Code ofConduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Kohli was fined Rs 12 lakh(approx AUD$24,000),” an IPL press release said.
The ever-increasing length of IPL matches was brought to light recentlywith the ECB s announcement of 100-ball cricket , a concept the Englishgame s director of cricket Andrew Strauss noted would allow for a game tobe completed in a shorter window.