Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Nitish Rana has been fined INR 12 lakhs for a slow over-rate offense in their recent most IPL 2023 win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) which was played at the Eden Gardens on May 8.
Punjab skipper Shikhar Dhawan led the way with 57 with 9 fours and one six, while contributions from Jitesh Sharma (21) and Shahrukh Khan (21*) took PBKS to 179/7 in 20 overs. For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy took 3/26.
Jason Roy with 38 gave KKR the best start possible, while captain Nitish Rana scored a brilliant 51 to keep the team in the chase, hitting 6 fours and 1 six in his knock. Rahul Chahar got both him and Venkatesh Iyer (11) out to put PBKS in front, but Andre Russell and Rinku Singh had other ideas.
Russell hammered 3 sixes in the 19th over bowled by Sam Curran, scoring 42 in 23 balls. But Rinku Singh (21* in 10) hit a four off the last ball to give KKR the win by 5 wickets.
After the match, KKR captain Nitish Rana was fined Rs 12 lakh after his team maintained a slow over-rate. As it was his team's first offense of the season under the IPL's code of conduct relating to minimum over-rate offenses, Rana was fined Rs 12 lakh, the league said in a statement.
(PTI inputs)
