Dubai: Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper Shreyas Iyer has been fined Rs 12 lakhs for slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday (September 29) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Delhi took 23 minutes extra to complete their quota of 20 overs during their 15-run loss against SRH. “Delhi Capitals Captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Abu Dhabi on 29 September 2020,” an IPL release stated.
Iyer has been fined Rs 12 lakh as this was DC’s first offence of slow over-rate in the ongoing IPL season. “As it was his team’s first offence of the season under IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Iyer was fined Rs 12 Lakh,” the release further added.
“We were pretty much happy with 162, it was a par score on this wicket. We had no idea how this wicket would behave as this is our first game here. They outplayed us in all three departments and credit to them for that. It was surprising and in the second innings, it (pitch) was two-paced,” Iyer said after the match.
However, this is the second case of slow over-rate offence in the IPL 2020 as RCB skipper Virat Kohli was also fined after his side maintained a slow over-rate against Kings XI Punjab.
