Captain Kohli fined for slow over rate
RCB Captain Kohli handed a fine for an over rate offence following his side's crushing defeat to CSK
(Web Desk) - Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has endured a 24 hours to forget, handed a fine for an over rate offence following his side s crushing defeat to Chennai Super Kings in Wednesday night s IPL action.
Kohli was penalised after his side failed to bowl their overs within the stipulated time at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, continuing an alarming trend in the tournament; of the 24 matches played to date, just two have been completed in the allotted time frame.
"As it was his team s first offence of the season under the IPL s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Kohli was fined Rs 12 lakh (approx AUD$24,000)," an IPL press release said.
The ever-increasing length of IPL matches was brought to light recently with the ECB s announcement of 100-ball cricket , a concept the English game s director of cricket Andrew Strauss noted would allow for a game to be completed in a shorter window.
England s T20 Blast was the shortest 20-over domestic competition in the world during the 2017 and 2017-18 seasons, according to cricket statistician Ric Finlay.
The average T20 Blast innings went for 85 minutes during the 2017 season, meaning a T20 match in the United Kingdom is on average more than 40 minutes shorter than an IPL game, which was ranked the slowest of any domestic tournament.
