Code of Conduct breach on Raghuvanshi
Kolkata Knight Riders batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi has been fined 20% of his match fee and handed one demerit point for a Level 1 breach of the IPL Code of Conduct during Match 38 against Lucknow Super Giants.
He was found guilty under Article 2.2 after reacting to his dismissal for obstructing the field in the fifth over. He struck the boundary cushion with his bat and later threw his helmet into the dugout. He admitted the offence and accepted the sanction from the match referee.
Rule explained
Article 2.2 covers abuse of cricket equipment, clothing or ground fixtures during a match. Level 1 breaches carry penalties such as fines and demerit points, decided by the match referee. Players can accumulate demerit points over a season, which may lead to tougher sanctions if repeated.
In this case, Raghuvanshi’s actions after his dismissal were deemed to fall under this category due to the damage and misconduct involving equipment on the field.
Super Over settles a game that refused to end
Lucknow Super Giants’ Super Over never got going. Sunil Narine struck first ball, bowling Nicholas Pooran through the gate. Rishabh Pant nudged a single off the second delivery, the only run LSG managed off the bat. Aiden Markram then miscued the third ball, caught at long-on as LSG finished with minimal damage but even less momentum. That left Kolkata Knight Riders a small target.
Rinku Singh faced Prince Yadav, drove the first ball through cover point for four, and the game ended there. Three balls, two wickets, one run, and a chase that barely began. Did LSG lose the Super Over in selection or execution?
Mohsin Khan’s spell and the game’s choke points
Mohsin Khan shaped much of the night with a five for 23, his first in T20s. He removed Tim Seifert and Ajinkya Rahane early, then returned to break partnerships again as KKR slipped to 73 for 6. His pace and slower balls kept cutting through the middle order. Vaibhav Arora gave KKR control in the powerplay, while Varun Chakravarthy removed Nicholas Pooran when LSG’s chase needed stability.
At one stage LSG were 93 for 5, still needing 63 from 28 balls, yet still alive. Was the real damage done earlier, or when Mohsin bowled out his spell and could not return for the Super Over?
Rinku Singh’s rescue act and LSG’s late collapse
Rinku Singh turned a lost innings into 155 for 7, finishing 83 not out after a late surge of sixes off Digvesh Rathi and Shami. That over changed KKR’s ceiling entirely. LSG then chased in bursts, with Cameron Green and late hitting from Himmat Singh and Mohammed Shami dragging them back from the brink before the final-ball six.
But the collapse in the middle overs left too much to do. If Pant and Markram had held one partnership longer, would Mohsin’s spell have still decided the match, or would the Super Over ever have been needed at all?