Kolkata Knight Riders quick bowler Harshit Rana has impressed many consultants and veteran cricketers along with his stellar present in IPL 2024, the place he picked up 11 wickets in eight matches. Nonetheless, there was one act that didn’t go down properly with followers and even former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, when he gave a flying-kiss send-off to Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Mayank Agarwal earlier this season throughout an IPL match. Rana was later slapped with a heavy effective by the BCCI.
On Monday, throughout Kolkata Knight Ridersmatch towards Delhi Capitals on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Rana was all set to repeat his act after dismissing Abhishek Porel within the seventh over. In his earlier over, the DC batter solely smashed the quick bowler for 2 boundaries and a six in three consecutive deliveries. Elated at getting the higher of Porel and having the final snort in that contest, Rana was virtually going to offer one other flying-kiss send-off. He first gestured along with his hand in the direction of Porel, displaying him the best way again to the dugout, however then rapidly stopped himself after recalling the brutal punishment he was given by the BCCI.
Right here is the video of the incident from KKR vs DC:
Final month, owing to his act towards Mayank, Rana was discovered responsible of breaching the IPL Code of Conduct and therefore was fined 60 per cent of his match charges. The teenager dedicated two Degree 1 offenses beneath Article 2.5 of the IPL's Code of Conduct. He was fined 10 p.c and 50 p.c of his match charges for the 2 respective offences. Rana admitted to the 2 offenses and accepted the Match Referee's sanction. For Degree 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee's choice is remaining and binding.
Rana's celebration wasn't properly acquired by Gavaskar in addition to he lashed out on the KKR pacer on air. The India legend stated, “He mustn’t have carried out that. Did the batsman do something to him when he was hitting him for sixes? Cricket may be performed with out these antics. It's the age of tv. I perceive that. Rejoice along with your teammates however no want for such antics for the opposition.”
General, Rana picked two wickets towards Delhi, the opposite dismissal being tailender Rasikh Salam as KKR received by seven wickets to take care of second second place within the factors desk.
