Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant has been fined 100 per cent of his match-fee for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team’s game against Rajasthan Royals at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, an official release stated on Saturday. Pant admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.7 of the IPL Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction. Pant’s teammate and all-rounder Shardul Thakur has been fined 50 percent of his match-fee for breaching the Code of Conduct.
Thakur admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.8 of the IPL Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction.
Pravin Amre, assistant coach of Delhi Capitals, has also been fined 100 percent of his match-fee for breaching the Code of Conduct. He also faces a one-match ban for the offence.
Amre admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction.
In the final over of the match on Friday, Delhi Capitals needed 36 runs to win chasing 223. On the third delivery of the over, Rajasthan pacer Obed McCoy bowled a full-toss and Rovman Powell dispatched it for a six. However, the Delhi Capitals camp thought that it was a no-ball and the players started gesturing from the dugout.
