Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant, who has made a stunning comeback to cricket after recovering from injuries sustained due to a horrific car accident, was fined Rs 24 lakh on Wednesday for a second offense in the 2024 Indian Premier League. Pant was guilty of maintaining a slow over in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday. The rest of his teammates were fined 25 percent of their match fees. “Rishabh Pant, the Delhi Capitals captain, has been fined after his team maintained a slow excess during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Kolkata Knight Riders…” the IPL said in a statement statement entitled ‘IPL Media Advisory’. : Violation of the code of conduct’..
“As it was his team’s second violation this season under the IPL Code of Conduct regarding minimum rate violations, Pant was fined INR 24 lakhs.
“The rest of the members of the Playing
Delhi Capitals lost the match to KKR by 106 runs after the latter reached 272 runs for seven, the second highest total in IPL history. It was Delhi Capitals’ third defeat in four matches.
As per the IPL rules, in case of a team’s third slow foul in a single season, the captain will be fined INR 30 lakh and be banned from playing. The rest of the team will be fined INR 12 lakh or 50% of their match fee, whichever is less. So Pant has to ensure that the offense is not repeated by his team.
Speaking on Star Sports, former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke spoke about Rishabh Pant’s performance against KKR. He said: “Yes, look, it’s great for Indian cricket, but it’s also great for Rishabh Pant. I think the work that has gone into his rehabilitation to get back to that level at any level is a great performance. He deserves a lot of credit for his hard work and it’s great to see him on the field, captaining and playing well, batting and holding on.
“He looked a bit sore, a bit red. I saw the Delhi physio run to the field a few times to have a look at him, so hopefully he’s out, okay. The positives are in the presentation, he said that he was doing well.” and hopefully a day off or a few days off and he’ll be ready for the next game. He is a great player and everyone is happy to have him back on the field and we want to see him play for Delhi, but we also want to see him come back and play for India as soon as possible.”
With PTI inputs
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