Despite a great win against CSK, BCCI slaps Rishabh Pant with a big fine, violating IPL Code of Conduct

LSG vs CSK IPL 2026: Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) may have been out of the IPL 2026 playoff race, but they are now busy spoiling the playoff equation of other teams. The first victim of the Lucknow team has become the 5-time champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Lucknow registered a resounding 7-wicket victory in the match against Chennai. Captain Rishabh Pant must have been happy with this victory, but his happiness did not last long. Pant has been punished and fined by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for violating the IPL Code of Conduct.

Rishabh Pant fined ₹12 lakh for slow over rate

According to the official list released by the IPL, Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant has been fined for maintaining a slow over rate during match number 59 against Chennai Super Kings at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekka Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday. Under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, this was the first mistake of the Lucknow team this season, hence captain Rishabh Pant has been fined ₹12 lakh.

Mitchell Marsh's stormy innings, Chennai's big blow for the playoffs

Lucknow Super Giants have given a big blow to their hopes of reaching the playoffs by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 7 wickets with 20 balls to spare with the help of Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh's stormy innings of 90 runs. After restricting Chennai Super Kings to 187 for 5, the Lucknow team, which was already out of the playoff race, achieved the target of 188 runs in just 16.4 overs, losing 3 wickets. This defeat has also caused a huge loss to Chennai's net run rate.

This is the sixth defeat in 12 matches for Chennai Super Kings, due to which the team's net run rate has decreased from 0.185 to 0.027 and the team has slipped from fifth to sixth place in the points table.

CSK bowlers helpless against Lucknow's aggressive batting

Mitchell Marsh hit 9 fours and 7 sixes in his 38-ball innings. He put on a stormy 135-run partnership for the opening wicket with Josh English (35) in just 70 balls to loosen Chennai's grip early on. Marsh and Nicholas Pooran (32 not out in 17 balls) combined to hit four sixes each in a single over off Chennai's Anshul Kamboj. Kamboj plundered 63 runs in his 2.4-over spell.

Fighting batting by Karthik Sharma and Shivam Dubey for Chennai

Mitchell Marsh's aggressive innings faded away the brilliant innings of Chennai's young batter Karthik Sharma. After the top-order batsmen were dismissed cheaply, Chennai posted a respectable total with the help of Karthik Sharma's restrained innings of 71 runs. Chennai got off to a poor start and the team lost 3 wickets for 52 runs in 7.2 overs.

Karthik Sharma and Dewald Brewis (25 runs) then took charge of the innings by adding 70 runs for the fourth wicket. Karthik hit 6 fours and 5 sixes in 42 balls, while Brewis hit 2 sixes in 16 balls. In the final overs, Shivam Dubey scored an unbeaten 32 runs in 16 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes to take the team to 187 runs.

FAQ

1. Why was Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant fined by the BCCI? Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant has been fined for maintaining a slow over rate (not completing the overs in the stipulated time) during the match against Chennai Super Kings.

2. How much has Rishabh Pant been fined under the IPL Code of Conduct? As this is the first mistake of the Lucknow team this season under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, Rishabh Pant has been fined ₹12 lakh.

3. What did the loss to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the points table due to the defeat against LSG? With this defeat, the Chennai team has slipped from fifth to sixth place in the points table. Apart from this, their net run rate has also decreased from 0.185 to 0.027.

4. Which batsman scored the most runs from Lucknow in the match against Chennai? Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh performed brilliantly for Lucknow and played a stormy innings of 90 runs in 38 balls with the help of 9 fours and 7 sixes.

5. Which players contributed the most runs for Chennai? Young batsman Karthik Sharma scored 71 runs (42 balls) for Chennai and Shivam Dubey scored an unbeaten 32 runs (16 balls) in the final overs.

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