NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders seamer
Harshit Rana
took a hilarious dig at Board of Control for Cricket in India (
BCCI
) a video of which has gone viral on social media while speaking to KKR head coach
Chandrakant Pandit
.
Rana was fined 100% of his match fees and suspended for one match last Tuesday for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during KKR's seven-wicket win over Delhi Capitals.
Earlier, Rana had been fined 60% of his match fees for giving a flying kiss send-off to Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Mayank Agarwal in a previous match.
In the match against Delhi, Rana almost repeated the same offense when he dismissed Abhishek Porel. He gestured towards Porel, indicating he should return to the pavilion, and appeared poised to give another flying kiss before stopping himself. Additionally, Rana was observed excessively appealing after hitting Rasikh Salam high on the pads.
But BCCI's suspension doesn't seem to go well with Rana as his chat with Pandit during the chartered flight suggested this. The incident occurred following a significant delay in KKR's return journey.
Following their 98-run victory over the Lucknow Super Giants, KKR departed Lucknow for Kolkata but faced difficulty landing in Kolkata due to adverse weather conditions. Their plane was diverted to Guwahati instead.
During this unexpected diversion, the Knight Riders conducted an Instagram live session from the airplane, featuring a chat between Rana and Pandit that quickly went viral. The duo jokingly discussed the possibility of playing their upcoming game against the Rajasthan Royals on May 19 in Guwahati earlier.
Ek kaam karte hai, practice kar lete hai, ek session yaha kar lete hai (Let's do one thing, keep a practice session here)," Rana. "Ek session yaha kar lete hai. Phir match bhi yahi khel lete hai. Ek last mein jo match hai hamara. (Yes, one session here and then we can also play our last league match here)," Pandit replied.
"19 ko match hai. Kal parso mein hi khelke khatam kar lete hai. Toh 19 ko nahi aana padega. "We have the match on the 19th. Lets get it done by tomorrow or day after so that we don't have to come here again)," Rana further said. "Main dekhta hu. Baat karni padegi BCCI ke saath. (Let me see what I can do. Will have to talk to the BCCI)," the KKR coach replied.
"BCCI se toh baat karo hi mat (Don't talk to BCCI)," Rana concluded.
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