IPL 2023: Suryakumar Yadav, Nitish Rana, Hrithik Shokeen fined in heated MI vs KKR clash at Wankhede

Three players were fined or docked match fees during an eventful game of cricket between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday, 16 April in the Indian Premier League.

MI captain Suryakumar Yadav, KKR captain Nitish Rana and Mumbai spinner Hritik Shokeen faced the wrath of the match referee on Sunday.

Stand-in captain in the absence of Rohit Sharma (Impact Player), Suryakumar Yadav failed to manage the overs and committed offences relating to over-rate that saw him get fined Rs 12 lakh by the match referee.

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Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana was fined 25 percent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the first innings of the game, where he had a flare up with Hrithik Shokeen. Rana and Shokeen are teammates in the Indian domestic circuit for Delhi, and it is speculated that the IPL incident was a bust up from their Delhi days.

Shokeen and Rana got into a verbal spat in the ninth over of the game when the bowler dismissed the KKR captain and proceeded to give him a send off. Rana did not take the gesture kindly and hurled some back himself before the duo were pulled away by the MI players present on the pitch.

Rana admitted to the Level 1 Offence under Article 2.21 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct. Mumbai Indians bowler Hrithik Shokeen was fined 10 percent as well after he admitted to the Level 1 Offence under Article 2.5 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct.

Mumbai Indians won the game with 5 wickets in hand, courtesy of aggressive starts from Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma. Mumbai were calm and collected in the 186-run chase and reached their target with 14 balls remaining.