Delhi Capitals bowling coach Munaf Patel has been fined 25 per cent of his match payment and amassed one demerit level for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct through the high-octane recreation in opposition to Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday.
The match went all the way down to the wire on Wednesday night time with DC profitable the edge-of-the-seat thriller in a Tremendous Over after each groups had been tied at 188 runs.
The previous India pacer “admitted to the Degree 1 offence below Article 2.20 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which pertains to the conduct that’s opposite to the spirit of the sport,” mentioned an IPL assertion.
“Munaf Patel, Bowling Coach, Delhi Capitals has been fined 25 per cent of his match charges and has additionally amassed One Demerit Level for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct throughout his group’s match in opposition to Rajasthan Royals on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on Wednesday,” mentioned the assertion.
Munaf, the assertion mentioned, had “accepted the Match Referee’s sanction”.
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The assertion didn’t specify Munaf’s actual offence, however it’s probably that he was penalised for his argument with a match official after the previous India pacer was not allowed to ship a participant into the center to convey his message.
Munaf, a key member of India’s 2011 ODI World Cup-winning squad below MS Dhoni, was appointed DC bowling coach in November final yr, changing James Hopes.
Article 2.20 covers all varieties of conduct which might be opposite to the spirit of the sport and aren’t particularly and adequately lined by the precise offences set out elsewhere on this Code of Conduct.