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RCB skipper Kohli fined for slow over rate
Pune : Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli was fined Rs.12 lakh on Saturday for his team’s slow over rate against Rising Pune Supergiants in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore etched a 13-run win over Rising Pune Supergiants here on Friday buoyed by Kohli’s half century.
“Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has been fined after the team maintained a slow over rate during last evening’s VIVO IPL match against Rising Pune Supergiants in Pune,” an IPL statement said.
“Since it was his first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Mr. Kohli was fined Rs 12 lakh.”
RCB posted 185 for five riding on half centuries by Kohli (80 off 63 balls) and AB de Villiers (83 off 46) and then checked Pune to 172 for eight.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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