Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) captain Sanju Samson has been fined 30 per cent of his match fees for “showing dissent at an Umpire’s decision” during a match against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, on Tuesday.
Samson’s fine knock of 86 off 46 came to an end in dramatic circumstances when Shai Hope took a screamer of a catch at long-on, just millimetres away from the boundary rope off Mukesh.
It appeared that Hope had successfully caught the ball and several replays supported this claim, but a different angle cast some doubt on the legitimacy of the catch. Despite this uncertainty, the third umpire ultimately trusted the first two replays and declared Samson out.
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The RR skipper looked unsatisfied with the quick decision-making but initially headed towards the dugout. However, he then reversed course and returned to argue with the umpires.
“Samson committed a Level 1 offence under Article 2.8 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct. He admitted to the offence and accepted the Match Referee’s sanction,” the BCCI/IPL statement read.
“For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding,” it added.
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