One demerit point was also added to Abhishek’s account.

Kolkata. Sunrisers Hyderabad vice-captain Abhishek Sharma has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee and also added one demerit point to his account for violating the IPL code of conduct during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Abhishek pleaded guilty to a Level 1 breach under Article 2.3 of the IPL Code of Conduct and accepted the punishment imposed by the match referee. The match referee’s decision in cases of Level 1 breach of the Code of Conduct is final and binding.

Abhishek gave a great start to Sunrisers by scoring 48 runs in 21 balls. Sunrisers won this match by 65 runs, which is also their first win in the current tournament. Abhishek hit four fours and as many sixes in his innings but was fined for disagreeing with the decision of TV umpire Nitin Menon.

Varun Chakraborty took a diving catch of Abhishek off Blessing Muzarabani in the ninth over, but there was no conclusive evidence that the catch was taken cleanly. But Menon ruled the catch to be legal, to which Abhishek expressed his disagreement.

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