Who Pays Fine In IPL: Recently, after the match between RCB and LSG, Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir and Naveen-ul-Haq were heavily fined for breaking the IPL code of conduct. While Virat and Gambhir had to lose 100-100% match fees, Naveen-ul-Haq was also deducted 50% match fees. Similarly, it has also been seen many times in this season that some part of the match fees of the captains is deducted due to the slow over rate. In such a situation, the question arises that after all, who pays this fine and what is the whole process?
RCB and LSG try to understand this only from the controversy during the match. First of all let’s talk about Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli is from RCB and the fine imposed on the players in this franchise is raised by the franchise itself. This was revealed in a report by Cricbuzz. Similarly, the fine imposed on Lucknow Super Giants mentor Gautam Gambhir and fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq will also be borne by the Lucknow franchise. This is because whatever the players/team of a franchise do on the official ground, they do while playing for their team, in such a situation the franchise does not want to give this burden on the players.
The rules for paying the fine may be different in different franchises, but according to the information so far, almost every franchisee bears the burden of the fine imposed on its players. That is, its burden is not allowed on the players. In fact, every player/captain/team official fights with the opposition players for his team only, so in such a situation, the franchisees consider it their moral responsibility to bear the fine imposed on the players who work hard in the field for their team and it is quite True to an extent.
What is the process of recovery?
At the end of every season, BCCI sends an invoice to each franchise, which contains the total of fines imposed on the players/team officials belonging to that franchise. It is up to the franchisee whether to pay the fine himself or forward an invoice to the player for the same. However, as given above, the franchisee itself bears this burden.
On what basis is the match fee decided?
This is also understood by the example of Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli gets 15 crores from RCB for one season. If RCB does not reach the playoffs, that is, Virat is able to play only 14 matches, then it means that Virat has received 1.07 crore fees for one match. On the other hand, if RCB reaches the final, then according to the number of matches, their match fees will decrease accordingly. After IPL, BCCI sends invoice while calculating on this basis.
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