Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer, Avesh Khan has been reprimanded for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct after their one-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 15th match of the tournament at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Avesh Khan celebrated LSG’s win by throwing his helmet on the ground.
“Mr Avesh admitted to level 1 offence 2.2 of IPL’s Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction,” read the BCCI statement. “For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding.”
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RCB skipper Faf du Plessis was fined Rs 12 lakh for his team’s slow over-rate against LSG. The started further added, “As it was the team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, captain Faf du Plessis was fined Rs 12 lakhs.”
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— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) April 10, 2023
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pulled off a nail-biting win over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who suffered their second successive defeat in IPL 2023 in a last-over thriller in Bangalore. The host reached a commanding total of 212 in their first innings, thanks to half-centuries from Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell. But Marcus Stonis and Nicholas Pooran’s heroics saw LSG chase it down on the last ball of the game.
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Chasing a daunting target, LSG witnessed the dismissal of hard-hitting opener Kyle Mayers in the very first over. It got progressively worse for the tourists as Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya were dismissed by Wayne Parnell in the 4th over. LSG was in sorts of trouble with skipper KL Rahul was joined by Marcus Stoinis, who smashed 65 runs in just 30 deliveries.
LSG’s star wicket-keeper-batter Nicholas Pooran had different plans as he came out all guns blazing. Pooran smashed the fastest fifty of the season off just 15 balls to deflate the RCB bowlers. Lucknow tops the leaderboard with six points from four games. Bangalore slipped to No. 7 with one win from three matches.
