Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Rishabh Pant was criticized for maintaining a slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. and be fined. The Delhi-based team suffered a humiliating defeat against Knight Riders by 106 runs at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. After losing the game, DC are ranked ninth in the IPL 2024 standings with 2 points.

The IPL issued a statement saying that the DC captain was fined after maintaining a slow lead against Kolkata.

“Rishabh Pant, captain of Delhi Capitals, was honored for his team’s performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam in April. The team was fined 3 for maintaining a slow overrate during the match,” the IPL said.

It added that Pant was fined Rs 24 lakh as this was his team’s second violation under the league’s code of conduct this season.

Apart from the captain, other players of the Delhi team, including the influential player, were also fined Rs 6 lakh, or 25 per cent of their respective match fees, the statement added.

“As per the IPL code of conduct related to minimum over-rate infringements, which is his team’s second offense of the season, Pant was fined INR 24 lakh. Other members of the participating eleven, including impact players, were Separate fine. Fine of INR 6 lakh or 25% of respective match fees, whichever is lower,” it added.

To sum up the match, KKR’s target of 273 runs was too much for DC and they succumbed to the pressure and ended up losing by 106 runs.

The pace duo of Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora took two wickets each to reduce DC to 33/4 in the powerplay.

These early hits undermine DC’s approach to chasing huge totals, with each delivery becoming more challenging.

Ultimately, the required pace proved to be too much, and they ended up on a 106-game losing streak.

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