RR vs LSG: Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate in the game against Rajasthan Royals. Rahul has been handed a fine of Rs 12 lakh as this was his team's first offence under the slow over rate. LSG defeated RR at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Wednesday.
IPL released a statement, revealing the breach of the Code of Conduct. "Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on Wednesday. As it was the team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Mr. Rahul was fined Rs 12 lakhs," the statement noted.
Meanwhile, this is not the first case of captains being fined due to slow over-rate. Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav was fined for Mumbai's slow over-rate in the game against Kolkata Knight Riders. GT captain Hardik Pandya and RR skipper Sanju Samson were handed slow-over-rate fines too. Pandya was fined Rs 12 lakh after his team's slow over-rate in the game against Punjab Kings. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson was also Rs 12 lakh for RR's slow over rate against Chennai Super Kings.
KL Rahul's Lucknow Super Giants held Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals at the latter's home in Jaipur to win the 26th match of IPL 2023 by 10 runs. The game went down the wire but LSG emerged victorious with their regular scalps as their pacers starred in the defence of the 155-run at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. LSG pacers Avesh Khan and Marcus Stoinis shared five wickets between each other. The former was tasked to bowl the final over of the game with RR sensing a comeback. But he got two wickets in the over and denied RR a win at their homecoming. This is also the lowest total defended in this season of IPL so far.
