According to a report in India Today, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli was 'informally warned' by the BCCI for engaging in a conversation with his girlfriend Anushka Sharma while the match was technically still on.
As play was suspended due to rain moments into the second innings, Kohli, Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik were having a small chat in the pavilion. Soon after, the RCB captain moved near the adjacent spectator box and was seen talking to Anushka Sharma. The visuals were broadcasted live and it instantly created a buzz on social networks.
"We shouldn't blow the thing out of proportion, but I have spoken to him and told him he shouldn't speak to anyone when technically the match is still on. At the Chinnaswamy [stadium], there is only a partition between the VIP enclosure and the players area and hence he may have spoken. If the ACSU officials inform us we will definitely warn him but I have already informally spoken to him and told him not to do this," said BCCI official and former IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla.
Earlier, RCB inserted Delhi Daredevils and the visitors posted 187/5 at the end of 20 overs. The second innings only lasted 1.1 overs when heavy rain forced players under the shed.
The rain was heavy and any possibility of resumption was negligible when the above mentioned incident took place. However, IPL's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) restricts players to speak to their wives or girlfriends during the game. The match was soon called off and RCB had lost out on the chance to finish second in the table.
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