Delhi Capitals Captain Rishabh Pant Gets One-Match Suspension Ahead Of RCB Vs DC Clash In IPL 2024

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals were dealt with a heavy blow on Saturday ahead of their much-important clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru as captain Rishabh Pant was handed a one-match suspension for slow over-rate. The development comes in after Delhi Capitals maintained a slow over-rate in their match against Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on May 07.

Additionally, Pant was fined Rs 30 lakhs since it was Delhi Capitals’ third such instance in the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences. “The rest of the members of the Playing XI, including the Impact Player, were each individually fined either Rs 12 lakh or 50 per cent of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser,” the IPL statement stated.

“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,” it added further.