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Rajasthan Royals spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was fined 25 percent of his match fee for violating the IPL Code of Conduct during Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match 17 between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Wednesday. , according to the BCCI statement. Although the statement did not state what Ashwin’s violation was, a BCCI source told NDTV that it was due to “comments about refereeing” made by the spinner during the post-match press conference, for which he was fined.
“Ashwin admitted to a Level 1 violation under Article 2.7 of the IPL Code of Conduct. In the event of level 1 violations of the Code of Conduct, the decision of the match referee is final and binding,” the BCCI said in a statement.
Article 2.7 of the Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials deals with “public criticism or inappropriate comments regarding an incident occurring in a match, or any player, team official, match official or team participating in any match, regardless of when such is made criticism or inappropriate comment.”
Ashwin was taken aback by the referees’ decision to change the ball himself due to dew in an IPL match against Chennai Super Kings and called for consistency in such decisions. Heavy dew at MA Chidambaram stadium on Wednesday evening forced the referees to intervene and change the ball during the chase, leaving Ashwin, who returned the numbers 2/25, to be “surprised”.
The Royals beat the four-time IPL champions by three runs in a last-ball thriller, with CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja failing to score 21 runs after the last over in their 176-win rush.
Ashwin said he had never seen the referees change the ball before due to heavy dew.
“I am very surprised that the referees themselves changed the ball to dew. This has never happened before and I am very surprised. To be honest, some of the on-field decisions in this year’s IPL left me confused.” — said the Indian defender at the post-match press conference.
“I mean, (it) baffled me in a good way or a bad way. It’s because I think you need some balance,” said Ashwin, who was named Man of the Match.
“As a bowling team, we don’t ask for the ball to be changed. But the ball was changed with the consent of the referee. I asked the referee and he said we could replace him.
“So I just hope that every time dew comes out they can change it every time moving forward in this IPL so you can do whatever you want but you just have to be standard going forward,” added He.
With PTI inputs
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