Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill has been fined RS 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during the seventh game of the ongoing IPL (Indian Premier League) 2024 season against Chennai Super Kings.
"As it was his team's first offence of the season under the IPL's Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Gill was fined Rs 12 lakhs," an IPL statement read.
Shubman tasted his first defeat as captain in the cash-rich league on Tuesday (March 26) as Gujarat Titans lost to Chennai by 63 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
The GT captain acknowledged that his side got "outplayed" in both batting and the bowling department. Shubman mentioned that after losing the first few wickets GT were "playing catch up".
"They outplayed us when they were batting and when they bowled their execution was spot on. We backed ourselves to get a good powerplay score but once we couldn't we were always playing catch up," said Gill during the post-match presentation.
"(On the team's bowling effort) In T20 you can always talk about 10-15 runs here and there but eventually it is about how much they got. We were expecting to chase anything between 190 to 200 but we can talk about how we could've stopped a few more boundaries.
"Rather have games like these at the start of the tournament. (Pitch for the game) Going into the match chasing, we always expected to chase 190-200 because it was a good wicket with grass covering. We let ourselves down while batting. (Role as captain of GT) Lots of new ... experiencing lot of different things. We had two finals in the past two years...exciting times," he added.
Gujarat are sixth on the IPL 2024 points table with two points and a net run rate (NRR) of -1.425.
