Chennai: Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson has been fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Chennai Super Kings here. Overrate is proving to be an issue in the IPL again with a lot of games stretching past the four-hour mark.
Samson fined Rs 12 lakh for slow over-rate
Overrate is proving to be an issue in the IPL again with a lot of games stretching past the four-hour mark.
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"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 Sanju Samson was fined Rs 12 lakhs," read an IPL media advisory. Rajasthan had pulled off a last-ball win over CSK on Tuesday with Sandeep Sharma bowling a brilliant 20th over to deny M S Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja. It was Rajasthan's third win in four games while CSK suffered their second loss of the season. (PTI)