‘Khush toh aise ho raha hai jaise match issi ne jitaya ho’ – Fans react as Avesh Khan gets reprimanded for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct

After the team’s stunning last-over victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on Monday, April 10, fast bowler Avesh Khan of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) was fined for violating the IPL’s Code of Conduct. On the same day that RCB received a penalty for continuing their slow over-rate, Avesh acknowledged the Level 1 offence.

After losing the last encounter against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by a huge deficit of 81 runs, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) locked horns against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the M. Chinnaswammy Stadium in Bangalore. LSG won the match by one wicket and Nicholas Pooran was awarded the Player of the Match for his extraordinary innings.

RCB finished their innings at 212 runs with the loss of only two wickets. The fifties were scored by the top three batters, Virat Kohli, Faf Du Plessis, and Glenn Maxwell.  The visitors chased down the mammoth total of 213 runs on the last ball of the match. The highest scorer for LSG was Marcus Stoinis, who scored 65 runs off 30 balls, which included six fours and two sixes. Pooran scored a match-winning knock of 62 runs from just 19 balls with four fours and seven sixes.

Like his LSG teammates, Avesh was fired up, and after the nail-biting finish, he let off heat by throwing his helmet to the ground and celebrating the victory, which violated the Apex Cricket Council’s code of conduct.

Watch it here:

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧. 𝗔. 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 🤯🤯🤯@LucknowIPL pull off a last-ball win!

A roller-coaster of emotions in Bengaluru 🔥🔥

Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/76LlGgKZaq#TATAIPL | #RCBvLSG pic.twitter.com/96XwaYaOqT

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 10, 2023

Faf Du Plessis fined for slow over-rate

“Lucknow Super Giants’ Avesh Khan has been reprimanded for breaching the Code of Conduct. Mr Avesh admitted to level 1 offence 2.2 of IPL’s Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding,” an IPL statement asserted.

RCB skipper Du Plessis was penalized Rs 12 lakh for his slow overrate during the exciting LSG chase. Only 4 fielders were beyond the 30-yard circle in the last over as a result of RCB missing the mark by an over. In the IPL 2022, this was RCB’s first over-rate offence.

For overs that are bowled beyond 85 minutes from the start of the innings, the new regulation, which went into effect in January 2022, requires the fielding team to have just four fielders outside the circle rather than five.

Here’s how fans reacted to Avesh Khan’s celebration:

Kaash aisi ghamand world cup mein bhi dikha pata 😢🤣🤣

— Swachhan Swaraj (@Swac_21) April 11, 2023

He thinks,he finished the match with a six 😂😂

— 😈🅡︎🅘︎🅢︎🅗︎🅘︎👿 (@Rishi_rajput24) April 11, 2023

literally that celebration from Avesh doesn’t seems good when u r conceding 50+ runs and can’t even strike the ball while batting. Unnecessary throwing helmet n aggression. #NotARCBFan

— ` (@SH_Tweetss) April 11, 2023

Josh jyada ho gaya😬

— Sandeep_Ogra45 (@Sandeep_Ogra56) April 11, 2023

Unnecessary aggregation and lack of spirit of the game shown by both avesh and bishnoi. Gambhir too was pathetically aggressive. This shows how insecure they're as a team.

— Ahmad Farhaan Khan (@CertifiedPathan) April 11, 2023

Slap to Rcb face king Avesh pic.twitter.com/mOFJSmQdO4

— shivram22 (@Shinigami3333) April 11, 2023

He behaved like he hit a winning six like dhoni in world cup

— Rama Krishnappa Bariya (@Bittuu_tweets) April 11, 2023

Bhai agr aise school teachers ke jaise strict rules rkhoge to khel me players intent dikhane se v darenge.. Kayi bar josh me ho jata h.. Itna to chalta h

— Adi Mayand (@MayandAditya) April 11, 2023

Avesh throws his helmet like he was Pooran. Dude couldn’t get bat on ball & was mm away from being bowled.
Bishnoi running and screaming like Aditya Tare in MIvsRR. Dude should have been run out 2x.
Everyone wants to be Kohli.

— Savio Shetty (@abeautifulmind7) April 11, 2023

Aaisi hoshiyaari maar raha tha jaise 6 maarke match jeetaya ho 😂😂😂 bc ball ko touch bhi nhi kiya

— Tanay (@AreyyTanayyy) April 11, 2023