NEW DELHI: Rival skippers Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne were on Friday fined 10 per cent of their match fee and reprimanded for their conduct as the Indian Premier League continued to crack the whip on on-field indiscipline.

A day after the two veteran cricketers engaged in a public spat following the IPL match between their respective sides, the IPL was quick to punish the two captains and said it would not tolerate any indiscipline.

While Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ganguly was penalized for forcing the on-field umpire to refer a contentious catch to the third umpire, Rajasthan Royals’ captain Warne was punished for lambasting Ganguly’s conduct in the post-match press conference.The IPL also decided to suspend the on-field umpire in question, G Pratap Kumar, for a match.

“It has been informed by Farokh Engineer, the Referee in the IPL game between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on May 1, that he has issued an official reprimand to Sourav Ganguly, and fined him 10 per cent of his match-fee for showing dissent on the field,” IPL commissioner and chairman Lalit Modi said in a statement today.

“The Referee has also suspended Pratap Kumar for one match, on the grounds that there was no reason for him to accede to Ganguly’s request to consult the TV umpire,” Modi added.

Source:newindpress.com