Rishabh Pant : Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals suffered a crushing defeat by 106 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders yesterday. After this crushing defeat, the Delhi captain and his team have suffered another big blow. BCCI has imposed a fine of lakhs of rupees on him. This time BCCI has imposed this penalty not only on the captain but on the entire team. Delhi Capitals have been guilty of slow over-rate against KKR. This is the second time that the Delhi team has made this mistake in IPL 2024, due to which the entire team including the captain has been fined. Along with this, there is also a threat of ban of one match on Rishabh Pant.
Pant was once again held responsible for the slow over rate.
According to the IPL press release, “Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has been fined following his team's slow over-rate during their IPL 2024 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on April 3. Has gone.” ,
Pant was fined Rs 24 lakh
The press release further read, “Since this was his team's second offense of the season under the IPL Code of Conduct for minimum over rate offence, Pant was fined Rs 24 lakh. The rest of the playing-11, including influential players, have been individually fined Rs 6 lakh or 25 per cent of their respective match fees, whichever is lower.
What do the rules of IPL say?
Let us tell you that if the Delhi Capitals team is found guilty of slow over rate for the third time this season, then the captain may also be banned for one match. According to IPL rules, if a team commits this mistake for the third time, the captain will be banned for one match with a fine of Rs 30 lakh, and the rest of the team players will be fined Rs 12 lakh or 50%. His match fee, whichever is less, will come