Karthik fined 20% of match fees for poor conduct
New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik was fined 20 per cent of his match fee for breaching the IPl Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, last Friday. According to a media release issued by IPl, “Match referee Roshan Mahanama found Mr Karthik guilty of the level 1 offence (Article 2.1.8) of conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game. For level 1 breaches of the IPl Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding.” It happened during the curtailed game against SRH, where Karthik argued with one of the on-field umpires Kumar Dharamsena protesting about the decision of the match officials to carry on with game despite a steady drizzle which was making the pitch wet. While it was Karthik’s skipper Virat Kohli, who started the argument, but the Tamil Nadu glovesman continued the argument while Dharmasena looked peeved.
worked hard on my batting and yorkers: Watson
Mumbai: After masterminding Rajasthan Royals’ nine-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders with an all-round show to take them into the play-offs, Shane Watson has said that he had worked hard ahead of the crunch IPl cricket game here. Watson fired Rajasthan to an imposing total of 199 for 6 with a dominating 59-ball innings of 104 not out, his first century in the tournament. He then turned in a fine bowling display as well to take 2 for 38. “I’ve been working really hard on my bowling and trying to be effective in T20 cricket. Obviously, the injury at the start of IPl meant I couldn’t do much skill work to execute my yorkers and change of pace as well. The last couple of days were the first time that I spent time concentrating on getting the few balls right. Under pressure I executed my yorkers pretty well,” said Watson. “Batting through 20 overs was more physically than mentally taxing,” he added.