New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Rajat Patidar and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins have been fined for their respective teams’ slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 encounter on Friday.
While Hyderabad captain Cummins was fined Rs 12 lakh as it was his team’s first offence of the season under the Code of Conduct of IPL while Patidar was fined Rs 24 lakh as a member of the playing XI of the second-time offender RCB. The IPL released a statement where it was confirmed that both the captain’s have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate.
IPL statement
Not only the respective captain’s but the rest of the members of the playing XI, which included the impact player were handed an individual final or roughly 25 per cent of their IPL match fees.
‘As it was his team’s second offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Patidar was fined Rs 24 lakhs,’ said the IPL in a statement.
‘The rest of the members of the Playing XI, including the Impact Player, were each individually fined either Rs 6 lakh or 25 per cent of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser.” The IPL statement also added: “As it was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Cummins was fined Rs 12 Lakh.’
Already assured of a playoff berth, RCB suffered a 42-run loss against SRH in their penultimate league game. Batting first, Sunrisers posted a mammoth score of 231/6 in the stipulated 20 overs with Ishan Kishan playing an unbeaten knock of 94 runs. In reply, the Royal Challengers folded for a score of just 189 runs in 19.5 overs. Philip Salt and Virat Kohli played useful knocks but it wasn’t enough to power them to a win.
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