After captain Sanju Samson, Rajasthan Royals spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during that match against CSK on April 12.
Ravichandran Ashwin Fined 25 Percent of His Match Fee
Though the reason for the fine has not been revealed officially, a BCCI source told a media that it was due to the ‘comments on umpiring’ that Ashwin made during the post-match press conference.
“Ashwin admitted to the Level 1 Offence under Article 2.7 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding,” the BCCI said in the release.
Article 2.7 of code of conduct for players and team officials relates to “public criticism of, or inappropriate comment in relation to an incident occurring in a match or any player, team official, match official or team participating in any match, irrespective of when such criticism or inappropriate comment is made”.
During the CSK vs RR match, everyone including Ashwin left puzzled by the umpires’ decision to change the ball on their own because of the dew. The heavy dew at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday night forced the umpires to intervene and change the ball during the chase.
Ashwin said he had been surprised and had never before seen the umpires changing the ball because of excessive dew.
“I’m quite surprised the umpires changed the ball for dew on their own. It’s never happened before and I’m quite surprised. Some of the decisions in this year’s IPL on the field have left me a little flummoxed to be honest,” said the India stalwart at the post-match press conference.
“I mean, (it) left me flummoxed in a good or a bad way. It’s because I think what you need is a little bit of balance,” said Ashwin.
“As a bowling team, we are not asking for the ball to be changed. But the ball was changed on the umpires’ accord. I did ask the umpire and he said we can change it.
“So I just hope every time there is dew they can change it every single time going forward in this IPL that sort of, you can do whatever you want, but you just need to be in a standard going forward,” he added.
Rajasthan Royals who are currently at the top of the points table will play their next game against Gujarat Titans on April 16 in Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
