Kings XI Punjab batsman Chris Gayle was fined 10 per cent of his match fee for breaching the Code of Conduct during the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Rajasthan Royals.
The Jamaican batsman had thrown his bat away in disappointment after he was dismissed by Jofra Archer on 99 during Friday night’s match.
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“Chris Gayle, the Kings XI Punjab batsman, has been fined 10 per cent of his match-fee for breaching the Dream11 Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Rajasthan Royals at Abu Dhabi,” an IPL media release said on Saturday.
“Gayle admitted to the Level 1 offence 2.2 of the 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,” the release added.
IPL viewership up : BARC Report
The 13th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) is garnerinng more viewership than its previous season, according to data released by Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India.
“The IPL was a blessing to all those who wanted something from the ‘old normal’. The viewership of the IPL has increased from last season, as the data shows,” BARCIndia have informed in s tweet.
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Data provided by BARC shows IPL 13 registered 7 billion viewing minutes for the first 41 matches aired across 21 channels, which is 28 per cent higher as compared to IPL 12 at the same stage. IPL 12 had got 5.5 billion viewing minutes for 44 matches aired across 24 channels.
The data also showed that performance per match of IPL 13 is higher than the last season. The cume reach of IPL 13 for 41 matches was 108 million, 11 per cent higher than IPL 12. Earlier, it had registered 98 million of cume reach.
Some netizens felt that Covid-19 had a role to play in the viewership change.
“Nobody can watch on the stadium, so its ultimate everyone can watch only on TV. So it’s obvious the number of view will be higher.. you must thanks to COVID 19 lockdown. Its played major part,” one wrote.
