Varun Chakravarthy, spinner for Kolkata Knight Riders, has been fined for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct. The incident happened during the match between KKR and CSK on Wednesday, where Varun Chakravarthy picked up 2 wickets. Chennai Super Kings halted their 7-match losing streak with a narrow 2-wicket win eventually hurting KKR's chances of making it to the playoffs for IPL 2025 Chakravarthy accepted a Level 1 offence, and will pay a 25% fine of match fee and also received 1 demerit point, according to official release. He bowled brilliantly, 2/18 in 4 overs, however, KKR did not win the match. The release read: “Varun Chakaravarthy admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 and accepted the Match Referee’s sanction,” Chennai needed 8 runs in the last over, and MS Dhoni hit a six to now make the score 180 with 2 balls to go. Dewald Brevis and Shivam Dube set this chase up, even when the Chennai Super Kings lost five wickets early (including both openers for ducks). Urvil Patel's 11-ball 31, and Brevis's 25-ball 52, and Dube's 45-ball 45 were able to steer CSK home with a solid 67-run partnership. Read also: Rohit Sharma Retires from Test Cricket After 67 Matches At one point KKR reached 179 runs, having started off slowly. Contributions included, Sunil Narine (26 off 17), Ajinkya Rahane (48 off 33), Andre Russell (38 off 21). Captain Rahane lost the toss and CSK elected to bowl first. Manish Pandey replaced the injured Venkatesh Iyer which was deserving, Urvil Patel made his debut for CSK and Devon Conway is back.