IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant has been penalised for breaching IPL's Code of Conduct during their match against Rajasthan Royals which was played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday, May 7.
Pant has faced a fine of INR 30 lakh as a penalty and also has been suspended for Delhi Capitals' next match which is against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday, May 12.
This is a huge setback for Delhi Capitals as they will be without their skipper Pant in the all-important clash, considering that they are still alive in the race to make it to the playoffs.
"Mr Rishabh Pant, Captain, Delhi Capitals has been fined has been fined and suspended for one match for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct after his team maintained a slow over-rate during Match 56 of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 against Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on May 07, 2024," the release said.
"As it was his team's third offence of the season under the IPL's Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Rishabh Pant was fined INR 30 Lac and suspended for one match. The rest of the members of the Playing XI, including the Impact Player, were each individually fined either INR 12 Lac or 50 per cent of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser.
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"As per Article 8 of the IPL Code of Conduct, the Delhi Capitals filed an appeal challenging the ruling of the Match Referee. Following this, the appeal was referred to the BCCI Ombudsman for review. The Ombudsman conducted a virtual hearing and affirmed that the decision of the Match Referee remains final and binding."
Notably, DC were 10 minutes behind time at the start of the final over in the match against Rajasthan which they ended up winning by 20 runs.
That was their second last home match of this season and a win helped them remain alive in the tournament.
DC stand in the fifth position in the points table with six wins and 12 points and need to win both of their remaining matches to stand a chance for a final four finish.