1 / 6The Indian Premier League (IPL) saw another dramatic encounter as the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) team mentor Gautam Gambhir and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli were handed a 100 percent match fee fine for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct. The incident occurred on Monday after the match ended at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. (Source: Twitter)
2 / 6Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli has been fined 10 percent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. (Source: IPL)
3 / 6Kohli admitted to a Level 1 offense under Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct and the match referee’s decision is final and binding for Level 1 breaches. The league, however, did not elaborate on the specific instance when Kohli committed the Level 1 offense. It is possible that he was brought under the scanner for his animated celebration after CSK batsman Shivam Dube’s dismissal in the 17th over of the match. (Source: IPL)
4 / 6In the match against Delhi Capital, there was another incident where Virat and Sourav Ganguly came face to face and the camera took notice of it. It started with Kohli giving a death stare to Ganguly and ended with Ganguly not shaking hands with the former RCB skipper. (Source: IPL)
5 / 6Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana was fined 25 percent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. (Source: IPL)
6 / 6Mumbai Indians bowler Hrithik Shokeen was also fined 10 percent of his match fee for provoking the KKR skipper after his dismissal. (Source: IPL)
