DC skipper Axar Patel fined for first offence of slow over rate against the Mumbai Indians yesterday night.
DC skipper Axar fined for DC’s slow over rate against MI.
A captain who commits the first slow over rate in a season faces a fine of INR 12 lakh, as stipulated in Article 2.22 of the IPL’s code of conduct. Match suspensions have been eliminated by the IPL, leaving only fines and in-game pitch restrictions.
Karun Nair’s comeback knock of 89 put DC in the lead at one point as they chased 206. They had seven wickets remaining and needed 66 from eight overs. They fell short by 12 runs, however, after suffering a hat-trick of run-outs in the penultimate over and continuing to lose wickets at regular intervals. They had not lost in five games before to this one.
“We had the game. I think we had soft dismissals from the middle order, some bad shots,” Axar said after the game. “We lost by 12 runs with an over to go so we could have still won it. It can’t happen that your lower-order batters will always save you in chases. There are some odd days where you play wrong shots, so I don’t think there is any point in thinking too much about it.”
Hardik Pandya of MI, Riyan Parag and Sanju Samson of the Rajasthan Royals, and Rajat Patidar of Royal Challengers Bengaluru were also fined for their slow over rates earlier in the competition.