Bangalore, April 26 (TNS): India’s Mr Consistent and Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli has been fined Rs 12 lakh on Thursday, for maintaining slow over-rate during his franchise’s Indian Premier League (IPL) clash against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
IPL release said, As it was Kohli’s first offence this season, the Indian captain has been fined Rs12 lakh for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct.
Kohli has also received an official reprimand for slow over-rate throughout his side’s innings in the clash, which Chennai Super Kings won by five wickets.
Kohli only managed to score 18 runs in RCB’s defeat as CSK romped the target of 206 runs thanks to a smashing innings by Mahendra Singh Dhoni,70 off 34 balls and Ambati Rayudu helped the former skipper with a blistering knock of 83.
Chennai currently hovers at the top of the IPL table with 10 points, having clinched five victories out of six matches they have played so far.
RCB, on the other hand, have slumped to their fourth loss and are at the sixth place, with just four points in their account, and have won just two games so far in the lucrative tournament.
