Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) captain KL Rahul and his Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) counterpart Ruturaj Gaikwad have been fined Rs 12 lakh every as their groups maintained a sluggish over fee of their Indian Premier League match right here on Friday.
Enjoying at residence, LSG beat defending champion CSK by eights wickets within the match on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
ALSO READ | Rahul’s knock ends Chennai Tremendous Kings’ profitable streak regardless of late Dhoni cameo
Because it was the groups first offence of the season below the IPL’s Code of Conduct regarding minimal over-rate offences, each Rahul and Ruturaj had been fined 12 lakh, an IPL assertion learn.
Requested to bat first, Ravindra Jadeja got here up with a strong unbeaten 57 earlier than Moeen Ali (30 off 20) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (28 off 9) went on a six-hitting spree to take CSK to a combating 176 for six.
In reply, Rahul (82) and De Kock (54) batted with authority throughout their match-winning alliance of 134, the best partnership for any wicket on the Ekana Stadium, as LSG scored 180 for two in 19 overs to get well from back-to-back defeats and consolidate its place within the desk.
CSK, which got here into the match with twin wins, then again, slumped to its third loss on this IPL.