The dispute between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir has been in discussion in the cricket world for many days. On 1 May, Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Supergiants by 18 runs. During this match, Kohli was seen in a very aggressive manner. For this reason, after the match was over, he got into an argument with Gautam Gambhir, the mentor of Lucknow Super Giants. However, before matters could escalate, players from both teams separated Kohli and Gambhir.
After the match, both Kohli and Gambhir were heavily fined by the BCCI. The BCCI, in its release, said that Kohli and Gambhir were guilty of a level two offense and fined each of them 100 percent of their match fees. Lucknow's Naveen-ul-Haq also had a scuffle with Kohli during the match. He was fined 50 percent of his match fee. However, many reports have claimed that Virat Kohli will not have to pay the fine amount.
Who will pay Virat's fine?
Kohli's annual salary in IPL is Rs 15 crore. In such a situation, if it is assumed that the RCB team does not reach the playoffs, then there will be at least 14 matches. In this context, Virat's salary for every match is more than Rs 1 crore and he will have to pay Rs 1.07 crore as fine. It has been claimed in the media report that usually the franchisee pays the amount of fine imposed on the players.
This thing is not written anywhere in the rules of IPL, but the franchisees do not deduct the fine amount from the salary of their players. In such a situation, the franchisee of RCB will not deduct the salary of Virat Kohli even after paying the fine amount. The situation may be different according to the time and franchise, but at present, in the media report, the source associated with RCB has told that Virat will not be harmed.
At the same time, there is no information about the match fee of Gautam Gambhir, but it has also been said in the media report that the fine imposed on Gambhir will also be paid by the Lucknow franchise.
