Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler has been fined 10 percent of his match fee for breaching the code of conduct during their IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders. "Jose Buttler of Rajasthan Royals has been fined 10 percent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata," the IPL said in a statement. Butler has admitted a Level 1 offense under Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct. The decision of the match referee is final for breach of Level 1 of the Code of Conduct. Rajasthan Royals won this match by nine wickets.
What happened in the match?
Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 149 runs for eight wickets and set a target of 150 runs in front of Rajasthan Royals. Venkatesh Iyer scored the maximum 57 runs for Kolkata. At the same time, captain Nitish Rana played an inning of 22 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal took four wickets for Rajasthan. Trent Boult got two wickets. Sandeep Sharma and KM Asif took one wicket each.
Chasing the target of 150 runs, Rajasthan Royals got off to a great start. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 26 runs in the first over of Nitish Rana with the help of two sixes and three fours.
After spending 26 runs in the first over, the Kolkata team could not return to the match. Rajasthan won the match by scoring 151 runs for one wicket in just 13.1 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal completed his half-century in just 13 balls in this match and became the fastest half-century player in IPL. He remained unbeaten on 98 off 47 balls with the help of 12 fours and five sixes. At the other end, captain Sanju Samson scored an unbeaten 48 off 29 balls. Jos Buttler faced three balls but could not open his account.
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