Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant and the entire Delhi Capitals team have been fined again after they were found guilty of maintaining a slow over rate for the second time in a row in IPL 2024. This happened on Match 16 of the 17th season of IPL when they took on the Kolkata Knight Riders in Vizag.

Rishabh Pant has been fined for the second time in the IPL 2024

“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 at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on April 3,” said BCCI in an official release.

However, Rishabh Pant was fined a huge amount of ₹24 lakh while the other members of the DC playing XI including the Impact Player (Abishek Porel) were either fined ₹6 lakh or 25% of their match fees, whichever is lesser as well.

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“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 rest of the members of the Playing XI, including the Impact Player, were each individually fined either INR 6 lakhs or 25 percent of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser.”

Delhi Capitals have a poor season so far

However, Delhi Capitals maintained a slow over rate in their last match also which was against Chennai Super Kings at the same venue and Pant had a ₹12 lakh fine. There were fines on the individual players of Delhi Capitals also. While this was their third loss in four matches, they currently placed at No.9 in the IPL 2024 points table with one of the worst net run rates as well.

“Our bowlers were all over the place. We just didn’t turn up on the day. Today was one of those days,” Pant said at the post-match presentation ceremony. “As a batting unit, we only wanted to keep going hard as a team. I would rather get all out as a team than not go for the target.”