Kolkata Knight Riders bowler Harshit Rana 60 per cent of his match fee after the pacer breached the IPL code of conduct on Saturday.
According to BCCI, Rana committed two Level 1 offences under Article 2.5 of IPL Code of Conduct. Rana has admitted to the two offences and accepted the match referee's sanction.
"For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee's decision is final and binding," read a release from IPL.
The incident happened during KKR match against Sunrisers Hyderabad when Rana aggressively celebrated Mayank Agarwal's ouster in the sixth over by blowing a flying kiss at Eden Gardens. He also gave an aggressive send-off for Heinrich Klassen as well, drawing criticism from the likes of Sunil Gavaskar.
A flying kiss by Harshit Rana to Mayank Agarwal as a send off.pic.twitter.com/LVkQYKmisZ
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"Couldn't see any of that earlier on when he was hitting you for boundaries. No need to do that Mr Rana. It's just a wicket in cricket. The batter didn't do that to him when he was hitting boundaries," Gavaskar said while giving commentary during the match.
"I know we are all in the television age. We need to be seen doing certain things. You can play cricket without doing that. By all means, celebrate. Celebrate with the team. But, there's no need to do that to an opposition player," he added.
