Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined after the team’s 3-wicket win in their Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) opener against Gujarat Titans on Wednesday. The fine on the PBKS captain marked the first offence committed by a team in this year’s edition of the tournament which started on March 28. The fine comes as an early warning for PBKS who managed to clinch a hard fought win thanks to Cooper Connolly’s mature knock.
Shreyas Iyer penalized
As per a press release, Iyer has been fined Rs 12 lakh after the team was found guilty of maintaining a slow-over rate against GT in New Chandigarh.
“As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Iyer was fined INR 12 lakhs,” the release stated.
Slow over rate in IPL
Over rate is the average number of overs bowled by the fielding side in an hour of play. According to ICC’s rules, teams are expected to maintain an average of 15 overs per hour in Test Cricket, 14.28 in ODIs and 14.11 in T20s.
In IPL. including the two strategic timeouts, which last for two minutes and 30 seconds, the bowling side is expected to maintain an over rate of 14.11 and finish their quota of 20 overs in one hour and 30 minutes, barring any delays due to weather or any such unforeseen circumstances.
Slow over rate penalty in IPL
For the first offence in a season, the captain of the bowling team will be fined INR 12 lakhs. For the second offence in a season, the captain of the bowling team will be fined INR 24 lakhs and the other 10 players will either be fined six lakhs or 25% of their match fees, depending on which amount is lesser.
For the third and each subsequent offence in a season, the captain of the bowling team will be fined 30 lakhs and will also be banned for one match. The other 10 players in the team will also be fined 12 lakhs or 50% of their match fees, depending on which amount is lesser.
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