IPL 2024: KKR’s Harshit Rana Fined Under Article 2.5, Faces 60% Match Payment Deduction !!

In the IPL 2024 3rd match, the Kolkata Knight Riders team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by four runs in a breathtaking match. Harshit Rana performed amazingly for KKR in this match. He gave victory to KKR by defending 13 runs in the last over. But now due to two mistakes made in the match, major action has been taken against Harshit Rana and he has been fined. Let us know about it.

Harshit Rana got fined under Article 2.5

Now Harshit Rana has been fined a total of 60 percent of his match fee for violating the IPL code of conduct. Committed two Level 1 offenses under Article 2.5 of the IPL Code of Conduct. He was fined 10 percent and 50 percent of his match fee for two related offenses. Harshit has admitted both offenses and has accepted the referee’s punishment.

Harshit gave a flying kiss signal to Mayank Agarwal!

Harshit Rana bowled a bouncer to Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Mayank Agarwal, which Mayank played. But Rinku Singh took a brilliant catch on this ball. After this Harshit gave a flying kiss gesture towards Mayank. After this, Mayank Agarwal returned to the pavilion staring at him, but did not say anything. For this reason, the controversy did not escalate much.

Harshit’s performance stole the victory for KKR

Sunrisers Hyderabad team needed 39 runs to win in the last two overs. But KKR bowler Mitchell Starc gave away 26 runs in the 19th over. Here SRH’s victory seemed easy because now the Hyderabad team needed 13 runs in the last over to win. But in the last over, Harshit Rana bowled brilliantly and also took 2 wickets. He took 3 wickets for 33 runs in four overs in the match. He proved to be the biggest hero in KKR’s victory.