MUMBAI: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly has been fined $20,000 by the IPL for maintaining slow over rate during their 11-run triumph over defending champions Deccan Chargers at the DY Patil Stadium.

The Knight Riders were adjudged to be three overs behind the required rate during their last night’s IPL opener against Chargers and under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences, match referee Andy Pycroft fined Ganguly.

The Knight Riders upset the defending champions thanks to a 130-run partnership between Owais Shah and Angelo Matthews which allowed Ganguly’s side to claw their way back onto the game after losing two early wickets.

Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist’s breezy 35-ball 54 went in vain as Ganguly-led side restricted Deccan to 150 for seven.

Source : Times of India