The Indian Premier League (IPL) got here down closely after the Sunday (April 21) video games within the 2024 version of the cash-rich league on the dropping captains of Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). If the loss wasn’t sufficient in itself each Sam Curran and Faf du Plessis have been slapped with fines after their aspect’s respective video games towards the Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Du Plessis was fined INR 12 Lakh for sustaining a sluggish over-rate towards KKR on the Eden Gardens. RCB have been discovered one over brief throughout the day recreation. “Because it was his staff’s first offence of the season beneath the IPL’s Code of Conduct regarding minimal over-rate offences, Faf du Plessis was fined INR 12 Lac,” an IPL launch stated.
However, Sam Curran was fined 50 per cent of his match charges for breaching the Degree 1 of the IPL Code of Conduct regarding exhibiting dissent on the on-field umpire’s choice throughout his aspect’s recreation towards the Titans. “Curran dedicated a Degree 1 offence beneath Article 2.8 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct. He admitted to the offence and accepted the Match Referee’s sanction,” an IPL launch stated.
Whereas RCB are successfully knocked out of the match as they’ll attain a most of 14 factors even when they win all their remaining video games within the match. RCB suffered a heartbreaking 1-run loss towards the Knight Riders as they scored 221 whereas chasing 223 as they acquired actually shut however could not the end result of their favour.
The Kings, then again, are alive within the match, however discover themselves in a must-win scenario, needing to win all their remaining video games. Kings misplaced 4 dwelling video games on the trot in Mullanpur as Gujarat Titans chased down 143 runs within the remaining over.
