Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has been fined Rs 24 lakh for sustaining a gradual over fee for the second consecutive time in IPL 2024. 

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On this regard, IPL issued an announcement saying, “Rishabh Pant, the Delhi Capitals captain, has been fined after his staff maintained a gradual over-rate throughout their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match towards Kolkata Knight Riders on the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on April 3. Because it was his staff’s second offence of the season below the IPL’s Code of Conduct referring to minimal over fee offences, Pant was fined ₹24 lakhs.”

“The remainder of the members of the Taking part in XI, together with the Impression Participant, had been every individually fined both INR 6 lakhs or 25 per cent of their respective match charges, whichever is lesser.” The assertion added.

In the course of the sixteenth match of the IPL 2024 towards Kolkata Knight Riders in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday, Delhi Capitals had been discovered responsible of getting much less overs than the stipulated time. Aside from Pant, the gamers who had been a part of the taking part in 11 together with the Impression participant of Delhi Capitals have been fined 25 % of the match charge. Delhi Capitals additionally had a gradual over-rate towards CSK and was discovered responsible for the second time towards KKR. 

On this match, Delhi Capitals needed to undergo an enormous defeat of 106 runs. Within the first innings, KKR batted first and scored 272 runs shedding 7 wickets in 20 overs. This was the second highest staff rating within the IPL 2024. In reply, Delhi Capitals staff was all out for 166 runs in 17.2 overs and misplaced the match by 106 runs.

Pant on the verge of getting banned

Rishabh Pant is at risk of a one-match ban. If the Delhi Capitals staff continues to keep up a gradual over-rate in a match, will probably be their third mistake and in such a case the captain will likely be banned for one match. It’s noteworthy that Delhi Capitals staff is at ninth place within the factors desk of IPL 2024 with three losses in 4 matches. 

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DC will play its subsequent match towards Mumbai Indians on April 7 at Wankhede Stadium. The Mumbai staff is on the final place within the factors desk of IPL 2024, having misplaced its first three matches.