Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli has been fined 10 percent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
Kohli admitted to the Level 1 offense under Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding.
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It is like a double blow for Virat Kohli. In fact, RCB also had to face a close defeat at the hands of CSK in this match. Batting first, CSK scored a mammoth score of 226 runs losing 6 wickets, in reply RCB team could score only 218 runs till the scheduled overs. Here, Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion after playing just four balls. He was bowled by Akash Singh on a total of 6 runs.
Virat as of now scored 220 runs in 5 matches with an average of 55 and a highest individual score of 82 not-out.