Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) younger pacer Harshit Rana’s “over-the-top celebration” following the dismissal of Mayank Agarwal throughout KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 match on Saturday (March 23) has stirred up some controversy.
Harshit Rana blew a ‘flying kiss’ in direction of Hyderabad batter Mayank Agarwal as he made his approach again to the dugout.
Mayank was batting rather well however his innings was abruptly halted when he gave a catch at deep backward sq. leg, leading to his dismissal after scoring 32 runs off 21 balls on the third supply of the sixth over.
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It was Rana’s celebration following Agarwal’s departure that grabbed the highlight, however in a unfavorable approach.
In response to Rana’s disrespectful habits and violation of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, the Board of Cricket in India (BCCI) swiftly took motion by imposing a big positive, equal to 60% of his match charges.
“Kolkata Knight Riders bowler Harshit Rana has been fined a complete of 60 p.c of his match charges for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct throughout his group’s Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match towards Sunrisers Hyderabad at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on March 23,” a press release from the BCCI learn.
Like many others, cricketer-turned-commentator Sunil Gavaskar was dissatisfied with Harshit Rana for his motion.
“He shouldn’t have finished that. Did the batsman do something to him when he was hitting him for sixes? Cricket may be performed with out these antics. It is the age of tv. I perceive that. Rejoice together with your teammates however no want for such antics for the opposition,” Gavaskar had stated on-air.
Harshit Rana’s last-over heroics save KKR from defeat
Harshi Rana defended 13 runs towards Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) within the closing six balls of the match to energy his group Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to 4-run win.
 batter Mayank Agarwal as he made his way back to the dugout.){kind=link}