Rishabh Pant Faces BCCI Ban for Second Code of Conduct Breach in IPL 2024; Delhi Team Fined 25%”

Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has been fined Rs 24 lakh for maintaining a slow over rate for the second consecutive time in IPL 2024. During the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday, Delhi Capitals were found guilty of having fewer overs than the stipulated time.

Apart from Pant, the players who were part of the playing 11 of Delhi Capitals have been fined 25 percent of the match fee. In this match, Delhi Capitals suffered a huge defeat of 106 runs. In the 16th match of IPL 2024, KKR batted first and scored 272 runs, losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Pant was fined Rs 24 lakh

This was the second-highest team score in the current IPL. In reply, the Delhi Capitals team was all out for 166 runs in 17.2 overs and lost the match by 106 runs. BCCI issued a statement saying that Pant has been fined due to slow overrate. Delhi Capitals also had a slow over-rate against CSK and was found guilty for the second time against KKR.

This is the reason why Pant was fined Rs 24 lakh. Other players including the Impact player were fined 25 percent of the match fee. BCCI said, “Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant and his team were fined for maintaining a slow over-rate against KKR.”

Pant may be banned

Rishabh Pant is in danger of a one-match ban. If the Delhi Capitals team continues to maintain a slow over-rate in the next match, it will be their third mistake and in such a case the captain will be banned for one match. It is noteworthy that the Delhi Capitals team is in 9th position in the points table of IPL 2024 with three losses in 4 matches.