Lucknow: Kolkata Knight Riders batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi was Monday fined 20 per cent of his match fee for his emotional outburst after being given out for obstructing the field during his side’s IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants here.
KKR won the game via Super Over Sunday night.
“Angkrish Raghuvanshi, batter & wicket-keeper, Kolkata Knight Riders, has been fined 20% of his match fee and has also accumulated one Demerit Point for breaching Level 1 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials during Match No. 38 against Lucknow Super Giants,” read an IPL statement.
“Raghuvanshi was found to have breached Article 2.2 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which relates to “abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during a Match.”
The incident occurred in the fifth over, when, after being given out for ‘obstructing the field’, Raghuvanshi struck the boundary cushion with his bat in an aggressive manner and subsequently threw his helmet into the dugout.
Raghuvanshi admitted to the offence and accepted the Match Referee’s sanction.
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