Rishabh Pant was meted a huge fine for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct for the second time.
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PANT PENALIZED FOR MAINTAINING SLOW OVER-RATE IN DC-KKR MATCH
Pant was penalized for maintaining a slow over-rate.
He was playing for the Delhi Capitals (DC) against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old DC skipper struggled as his team absorbed a 106-run defeat against KKR in Visakhapatnam.
“As it was his team’s second offense of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to maximum over-rate offenses, Pant was fined INR24 lakhs,” the IPL said.
Other DC players were slapped Rs 6 lakhs or 25% of their respective match fees.
KKR’S 273 TARGET TOO MUCH FOR DC IN IPL 2024 MATCH
DC fell to KKR’s target of 273 which signalled their downfall.
Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora bagged two wickets each as they reduced DC to 33/4 in the powerplay.
The two’s heroics denied DC’s approach to catch its target massive total, which became more challenging to them throughout the match.
