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Ganguly, Sreesanth fined by match referee

Sourav Ganguly was docked $40,000 from his match fee after he was found bowling his overs rather slowly in the game between Kolkata Knight Riders and the Delhi Daredevils.

Sourav Ganguly was docked $40,000 from his match fee after he was found bowling his overs rather slowly in the game between Kolkata Knight Riders and the Delhi Daredevils. Fined by umpire>

Ganguly is the captain of the Kolkata side and has already transgressed once before this in the tournament. The first time a side bowls their overs slowly, the captain is fined $20,000 and for the second such offence, they are fined $40,000.Fined for slow over-rate>

Along with the captain, the entire playing eleven is also fined $10,000 for each of these offences.

Already Kumar Sangakkara has overshot the time limit on three occasions and has been banned by the IPL once, after been fined a total of almost $100,000. Sachin Tendulkar has also been fined $40,000 whereas Gautam Gambhir was fined $20,000 on one occasion.

In the earlier game, S Sreesanth was penalised 20% of his match fee against the Rajasthan Royals for arguing with the umpire and showing sarcasm towards the batsman, Michael Lumb by clapping loudly at him.