For Code of Conduct Breach after his side maintained a slow over-rate during the game.
Notably, it was CSKâs first offence of the season and thus the former India captain was let go with just a fine but a couple of more can see him getting suspended for a match or two.
As per new stringent IPL rules, each side has to finish an IPL inning in 90 minutes, including two strategic time-outs of two and a half minutes each. As per the rule, the over rate has to be 14.1 overs per hour.
KKR havenât had a good IPL campaign for a couple of years now. In both 2019 and 2020, they failed to make it to the playoffs. But things are expected to be different this time, with the ICC Cricket World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan leading the team from the very beginning.
The Knight Riders have made some clever additions to their team, which includes the Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. They will start their campaign with a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, who made the playoffs last season but couldnât make it to the finals. Hyderabadâs team was already a pretty solid unit, so whatever additions they have made at the auction table are simply to add to their depth, and not replace any first-team player.
Both Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad have a bad record at Chepauk. KKR have lost seven of their nine games at this venue. Whereas, SRH have lost all three games they have played here.
Weâre bowling first. This wicket will play a little different, itâs a lot drier. There wasnât much dew in the last training session, and so that wonât make much of a difference. We know what we can chase to be honest, and we prefer doing that. Our foreign players are myself, Rashid Khan, Nabi and Jonny Bairstow.
KKR skipper Eoin Morgan:
I havenât looked at the coach dynamic, but they have been magnificent in the background. We missed out narrowly last year with qualifying so we will try and go one better this time. Our four foreign players are Russell, Shakib, Cummins and myself.