Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant, who has made an awesome comeback to cricket after recovering from accidents sustained as a result of a horrific automotive crash, was on Wednesday fined Rs 24 lakh for a second over price offence within the 2024 Indian Premier League. Pant was responsible of sustaining a slow-over within the sport in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday. The remainder of his teammates had been fined 25 p.c of their match charges. “Rishabh Pant, the Delhi Capitals captain, has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Kolkata Knight Riders…” stated the IPL in a press release titled ‘IPL Media Advisory: Code of Conduct Breach’..

“As it was his team’s second offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences, Pant was fined INR 24 lakhs.

“The remainder of the members of the Playing XI, together with the Impact Player, had been every individually fined both INR 6 lakhs or 25 p.c of their respective match charges, whichever is lesser,” it added.

Delhi Capitals lost the game to KKR by 106 runs after the latter smashed 272 for seven, the second highest total in IPL history. It was Delhi Capitals’ third loss in four games.

According to the IPL rules, in case of a third slow over-rate offense by a team in one season, the captain fined INR 30 lakh and is handed over a match ban. The rest of the team is imposed with a fine of INR 12 lakh or 50% of their match fee, whichever is lesser. So Pant needs to ensure that the offense is not repeated by his team.

Speaking on Star Sports, former Australia cricketer Michael Clarke spoke on Rishabh Pant‘s efficiency in opposition to KKR. He stated, “Yeah look it is nice for Indian cricket, nevertheless it’s additionally nice for Rishabh Pant. I believe the work that has gone into his rehab to get again to that degree of play at any normal is an incredible achievement. He’s deserves lots of credit score for his arduous work and it is nice to see him on the sector, captaining and enjoying nicely, batting and preserving.

“He looked a little bit sore, a little bit ginger, I saw the Delhi physio run out to the field a couple of times to check on him, so hopefully he’s pulled out okay, the positives are in the presentation he said he was fine and hopefully a day off or a couple of days off and he will be ready for the next game. He’s a wonderful player and everybody is happy that he’s 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