IPL 2021: Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni fined Rs. 12 lakh for slow over-rate
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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fell to Delhi Capitals (DC) yesterday despite a promising batting performance. Now, to add more misery to the team and MS Dhoni who was dismissed for a duck, the captain has been fine a sum of Rs. 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate.
CSK had scored 188 yesterday despite losing their openers very early on. It was Moeen Ali who upped the ante early on before Suresh Raina took over in the middle overs. At the death, it was Sam Curran who came up with lusty blows. However, the total did not prove to be enough as Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan produced knocks of the highest quality to take the game away from the hapless CSK bowlers.
Second offence will see MS Dhoni as well as team members getting fined
The fine for slow over-rate was announced today by an official IPL release. It read, “Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 match against Delhi Capitals at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 10. As it was his team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Mr Dhoni was fined Rs 12 lakh.”
It is noteworthy that the over-rate rules for this year’s IPL have changed. “As a measure to control the match timings, the 20th over in each innings is now included in 90 minutes, earlier the 20th over was to start on or before the 90th minute. The minimum over rate to be achieved in IPL Matches shall be 14.11 overs per hour (ignoring the time taken by time-outs),” a BCCI official had said before the IPL and the corresponding change was brought in to the rules and regulations.
If MS Dhoni and his side maintain a slow over-rate again, he would receive a fine of Rs. 24 lakhs while each of his teammates would receive a fine of Rs. 6 lakhs or 25% of the match fee, whichever is lesser. A third offence would mean a Rs. 30 lakh fine as well as a one match ban for the captain while teammates would receive a fine of Rs. 12 lakh or 50% of the match fee, whichever is lesser.
CSK’s next match will be against Punjab Kings on the 16th of April.
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