Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel has been fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over rate. He received a penalty for the slow over-rate during the match between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi on Sunday.
The BCCI announced that Patel’s team has committed its first infraction of the season, as outlined in Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct. Therefore, Patel was fined Rs 12 lakh.
Delhi Capitals lost by 12 runs
Delhi Capitals lost in this match. Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl first. Batting first, Mumbai Indians scored 205 runs in 20 overs. In which Rohit scored 18, Ricky Ponting 41, Suryakumar Yadav 40, Tilak Verma 59, and Naman Dheer scored an unbeaten 38. Vipraaj Nigam took 2 and Kuldeep took 2 wickets for Delhi.
In reply, while chasing this target, Delhi was at one time in a winning position but Mumbai bowlers turned the match in their favor and won by 12 runs. In the match for Delhi, Karun Nair scored 89, Abhishek Porel added 33, KL Rahul contributed 15, Ashutosh Sharma hit 17, and Vipraaj scored 14. For Mumbai, Karn Sharma took 3 and Santner took 2 wickets.
The fine was imposed for slow overs for the sixth time this season
In the IPL 2025 season, different captains have been fined for slow overs for the sixth time. Rajasthan Royals have been fined twice, Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Delhi Capitals have been fined once each.
