Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul was fined Rs 12 lakh after his workforce maintained a sluggish over price in its Indian Premier League match in opposition to Mumbai Indians on Saturday. Rahul smashed a blistering century in his a hundredth IPL recreation as LSG beat MI by 18 runs.
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“The Lucknow Super Giants have been fined after they maintained a sluggish over price throughout their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 Match 26 in opposition to Mumbai Indians on the Brabourne Stadium CCI, Mumbai on Saturday,” the IPL said in a statement.
“As it was the team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences, captain KL Rahul was fined Rs 12 lakhs,” it added.
This was MI’s sixth successive defeat within the ongoing version of the league, whereas debutants LSG registered their fourth win to take a seat on the high of the desk alongside Gujarat Titans.
Rahul scored 103 not out off 60 balls to information LSG to an 18-run win in opposition to five-time champions Mumbai Indians, who’ve slumped to their sixth successive defeat.
“It’s a special occasion (1ooth IPL match) and a particular hundred. I wasn’t among the many runs however the pitch was good and I made probably the most of it,” Rahul said after the match.
Having won four out of six games so far, Rahul warned his team against any sort of complacency.
“We have played well, we need to be humble and keep learning. The team is brilliant and I enjoy spending time with them, creating a team that was comfortable was something we looked for in the auction,” he stated.
Rahul feels that batting first throughout afternoon video games is a bonus because the workforce chasing doesn’t get the assistance of dew in comparison with sides batting second in night video games.
If there may be one space of enchancment that he’s in search of from his workforce, it’s consistency within the powerplay overs.
“The batters haven’t finished effectively within the powerplay at occasions. Keeping the opposition quiet early of their innings would additionally assist. I don’t take a look at totally different opposition in a different way,” he added.
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