New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday imposed heavy fines on the captains of Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings for increasing short odds. BCCI has found KL Rahul and Ruturaj Gaikwad for Rs 1.2 lakh.
BCCI said in an official statement, “Lucknow Supergiants captain K.L. Rahul took part in the match against Chennai Super Kings at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. They got Rs 1.2 million for making the game run very slowly.” 34.
Similarly, Chennai Super Kings captain Rotoraj Gaikwad was also found guilty of maintaining a slow over-rate against Lucknow Supergiants. This is the first offense of both teams. “The captains were fined Rs 12 lakh,” the statement said.
Lucknow won the race.
As far as this game is concerned, Lucknow Supergiants defeated Chennai Super Kings at home by eight wickets with one wicket to spare. In the match played at Ekana Stadium, CSK, batting first, scored 176 runs at the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. In comparison, Lucknow Supergiant achieved its target by losing two wickets in 19 overs.
The performance of the captains was as follows.
If we look at the performance of the captains of both the teams, KL Rahul was the winning team here. Rutoraj Gaikwad was out after scoring 17 runs with the help of one four in 13 balls. KL Rahul dismissed Gaikwad on the ball of Yash Thakur. At the same time, Lucknow Supergiants captain KL Rahul scored the match winner. Rahul scored 82 runs in 53 balls with the help of nine fours and three sixes.
