Virat Kohli fined 50 percent of match fees for ‘showing dissent at umpire’s decision’

Kohli had been involved in a heated argument with the on-field umpire on Sunday at Eden Gardens after he was deemed out off what he made as a possible waist high no ball.

IPL 2024: Virat Kohli fined for showing dissent with umpire

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli with captain Faf du Plessis interacts with the Umpires after he was caught and bowled by Kolkata Knight Riders' Harshit Rana during an Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, Sunday, April 21, 2024. (PTI Photo/Swapam Mahapatra)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s flamboyant opener Virat Kohli has been fined 50 percent of his match fees from the game against the Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday.

“Kohli committed a Level 1 offence under Article 2.8 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct. He admitted to the offence and accepted the Match Referee’s sanction. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding,” a statement from IPL on Monday read.

A Level 1 offence under Article 2.8 of the IPL Code of Conduct pertains to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision”.

Kohli had been involved in a heated argument with the on-field umpire on Sunday at Eden Gardens after he was deemed out off what he made as a possible waist high no ball.

In the third over of RCB’s chase, Harshit Rana delivered a full toss that was dipping at Kohli and deceived him in flight. Until then, Kohli had been batting superbly, but he didn’t read this, and only managed to guide the ball back to Rana in his follow-through. He immediately signalled for a review, but these decisions don’t come under DRS. The umpires were going to review it anyway.

Playing conditon 41.7.1 states that any delivery which passes or would have passed, without pitching, above waist height of the striker standing upright at the popping crease is to be deemed to be unfair. So how high Kohli, who was quite forward, met the ball doesn’t matter. The calculations shown on screen were clear too, the ball ‘would have passed’ below Kohli’s waist, given the dip that Rana got, intentional or otherwise. The review from RCB was overruled and Kohli walked back to the dressing room, livid as RCB were put on the backfoot once again this season.

Sitting at the bottom of the 10-team points table, RCB next play away against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday.

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First uploaded on: 22-04-2024 at 19:06 IST

Virat Kohli fined 50 percent of match fees for ‘showing dissent at umpire’s decision’

Kohli had been involved in a heated argument with the on-field umpire on Sunday at Eden Gardens after he was deemed out off what he made as a possible waist high no ball.

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