DC vs RR: Rishabh Pant, Shardul Thakur and Praveen Amre docked match fees for their antics against Rajasthan
India Today
Rishabh Pant tried calling back his players off the pitch after umpires ruled a no-ball decision against them in the final over of the game.
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has been docked his entire match fees vs Rajasthan Royals for breaching the TATA Indian Premier League's (IPL) Code of Conduct. Pant was seen calling back his players on Friday, 22 April after a no-ball decision went against them in the final over of the game.
The DC camp believed that their batter had been bowled a waist high no ball and demanded that it should be checked by the TV umpire. However, the on field umpires were adamant that the high full toss was under the required height and deemed the ball legal.
Responding to the same, DC camp went into frenzy and TV cameras spotted Pant calling back the duo signalling that they were ready to walk off from the game.
"Mr Pant admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.7 of the IPL Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction," the IPL release said on Saturday morning.
Apart from Pant, DC all rounder Shardul Thakur has also been fined 50 per cent of his match fees for breaching the Level 2 offence under Article 2.8 of the IPL Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction.
However, the harshest fine has been copped by Delhi Capitals assistant coach Praveen Amre, who ran into the ground, presumably under the orders of DC camp or Pant and argued with the umpire about the incident. It needs to be mentioned here that DC did not have their head coach Ricky Ponting in the middle yesterday, who has been put into isolation after one of his family members tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
"Pravin Amre, Assistant Coach, Delhi Capitals has been fined 100 percent of his match-fee for breaching the TATA Indian Premier League's (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team's match against Rajasthan Royals at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. He will also face a one-match ban for the offence," read the IPL release.
