Shreyas Iyer Fined: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined Rs 12 lakh for a slow over rate in the IPL 2024 match against Rajasthan Royals. KKR was defeated by Rajasthan by 2 wickets in the 31st match of IPL 2024. In this match, Rajasthan won by chasing the biggest score in IPL history. Jos Buttler had a hand in Rajasthan’s victory. He scored unbeaten 107 runs in 60 balls.
IPL said in a statement,"This was KKR’s first offense of this season under the code of conduct related to IPL’s slow over rate. Therefore, a fine of Rs 12 lakh has been imposed on Shreyas Iyer. This was Rajasthan Royals’ sixth win in 7 matches in IPL 2024 while KKR had to face defeat for the second time in 6 matches.
In this match, Jos Buttler scored his 7th century in IPL. He scored unbeaten 107 runs in 60 balls. In this innings, Butler hit 9 fours and 6 sixes. This is Butler’s second century this season. With this century, Butler left Chris Gayle at second position in terms of most runs in IPL history. Gayle had scored 6 centuries in IPL. The record of most centuries in IPL is in the name of Virat Kohli. Kohli has scored 8 centuries so far. Kohli has also scored a century this season.
If we talk about the points table of IPL 2024, then Rajasthan Royals are at the first position with 12 points while Kolkata Knight Riders have 8 points from 6 matches and the team is at the second position. Chennai Super Kings is at third place and Sunrisers Hyderabad is at fourth place.
