IPL2024: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Shreyas Iyer has suffered a double blow. First, on Tuesday, his team lost the match they had almost won against Rajasthan Royals and then they were fined heavily. Shreyas Iyer has been fined Rs 12 lakh for slow over rate against Rajasthan. IPL issued a press release saying, ‘This was his team’s first offense of the season under the IPL Code of Conduct related to minimum over rate, hence Iyer was fined Rs 12 lakh.
Let us tell you that in this match, KKR had scored 223 runs due to the stormy century of Sunil Narine. In reply, Rajasthan had at one time lost 6 wickets for 121 runs, but Jos Buttler stood alone and played an unbeaten inning of 107 runs to help his team win the lost match. Before this match, Rajasthan Royals were at first and Kolkata Knight Riders at second position in the points table. However, there was no change in the points table even after the match. KKR is now at second place with four wins in six matches. Whereas Rajasthan is in first place with six wins in seven matches.