Robin Uthappa applies saliva on ball during Kolkata game; ICC, Dream11 IPL yet to comment

Rajasthan lost to Kolkata by 37 runs on Wednesday, September 30 in Dubai to register ir first defeat in ongoing Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) season. To make things worse for Steve Smith-led side, ir middle-order batsman Robin Uthappa was spotted applying saliva to ball during third over of Kolkata innings. moment was in violation of biosecurity protocols as imposed by International Cricket Council (ICC) earlier this year as well as by Dream11 IPL 2020 governing council for season in wake of ongoing pandemic.

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Dream11 IPL 2020: Robin Uthappa found in breach of Cricket Saliva Ban rule

During third over of Kolkata innings, Robin Uthappa dropped a skier off bowling of Sunil Narine while he was stationed at mid-on. After dropped catch, he collected ball and applied saliva on it. ICC issued a ‘cricket saliva ban’ rule in June owing to pandemic. aforementioned ban was also one of biosecurity measures imposed by Dream11 IPL 2020 governing council prior to start of tournament. Interestingly, neir ICC r Dream11 IPL 2020 officials have me a comment on incident so far.

Meanwhile, in match, Kolkata scored 174-6 off ir 20 overs on back of valuable contributions from Shubman Gill, Andre Russell and Eoin Morgan. In response, Rajasthan faltered in ir run-chase and were reduced to 66-6 at one st. Robin Uthappa’s poor outing with bat continued as he mand just 2 runs from seven balls. Tom Curran top-scored with his 54 as Rajasthan stretched ir score till 137-9 to fall 37 runs short of ir target.

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Dream11 IPL 2020: Outcome of Kolkata vs Rajasthan match

Rajasthan Dream11 IPL squ

Steve Smith (captain), Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Yashasvi Jaiswal, David Miller, Aniruddha Joshi, Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Robin Uthappa, Anuj Rawat, Shreyas Gopal, Shashank Singh, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Varun Aaron, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unkat, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Tom Curran, Oshane Thomas and Akash Singh.

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Rajasthan Dream11 IPL team schedule

Rajasthan will w go up against Virat Kohli-led Bangalore on October 3 for ir next Dream11 IPL 2020 game. match will be contested at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stium in Abu Dhabi. Here is a look at entire Rajasthan Dream11 IPL team schedule of ongoing season.

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