Lucknow Super Titans (LSG) team coach Gautam Gambhir and Royal challengers Bangalore(RCB)’s Virat Kohli have fined 100% of their match figure for violating the IPL law of Conduct. They got involved in yet another important hassle. Both had a go at each other post-match as well at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
As per the BCCI statement, both Gambhir and Kohli have acknowledged the position 2 offense under Composition2.21 of the IPL Code of Conduct.
It was not the first heated case involving Kohli and Gambhir in the IPL moreover. They fought earlierin 2013 during a RCB- KKR match, when Gambhir skippered his team KKR.
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It all started when the LSG bowler Naveen- ul- Haq and Kohli changed their words in the post-match handshake. later, LSG nature Kyle Mayers had seen having a word with Kohli and Gambhir interfered by pulling the nature down. Kohli expressed to be trying to calm Gambhir with his hand on Gambhir’s shoulder, but the discussion took an unpleasant turn.
Kohli and Gambhir had seen swapping words and had to be separated by the two sets of players. LSG bowler Naveen- ul- Haq has also been fined 50 percent of his match freights for violating the IPL Code of Conduct.
The left-arm attachment has admitted to the position 1 offense. RCB read a slow pitch clearly and successfully defended 126 runs against LSG. Bangalore’s 126- 9 looked under par at the halfway mark, but Lucknow’s counter-charge did not work on a tricky home track and it sailed out for 108 in the final over.
Lucknow suffered a blow when captain Lokesh Rahul went off the field in pain in only the alternate over of the game while clinging to his right ham. Rahul did not appear again until the fall of his team’s ninth gate. He faced 3 balls but could not get off the mark before Bangalore wrapped up a satisfying palm.
