Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Harshit Rana has been fined 60 per cent of his match fee for a code of conduct violation in the IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the match between Hyderabad and KKR, Harshit Rana bowled brilliantly in the last over to give KKR a thrilling win. But on the other hand, Harshit Rana made a big mistake during the match. As a result, he was fined 60 per cent of his match fee. 10 per cent of which is a cut from his match fee, while the remaining 50 per cent is due to his feud with him.
Although Harshit Rana was fined, he scored 13 runs in the last over to give KKR a resounding victory. In this match, Harshit took 3 wickets giving 33 runs in 4 overs. Also in this match, Andre Russell changed the direction of the match with his swashbuckling batting. On the back of Russell’s innings, the KKR team was successful in scoring 208 runs. Russell scored 64 off 25 balls with 3 fours and 7 sixes. Russell was awarded the Man of the Match award for this innings.
Anything could have happened in the last over: Iyer
After the match Shreyas Iyer also admitted that anything could have happened in the last 6 balls. At the post-match award ceremony, Iyer said, ‘The pressure was on from the 17th over. To be honest, anything could have happened in the last over. Even Harshit Rana was a bit scared in the last over.’
