The sanction was imposed under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, marking LSG\u2019s first minimum over-rate offence of the season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cRishabh Pant, Captain, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during Match No. 59 of TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Friday. As this was his team\u2019s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL\u2019s Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Rishabh Pant was fined INR 12 lakhs,\u201d IPL said in a statement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Riding on Akash Singh\u2019s fantastic three-fer, Mitchell Marsh\u2019s brutal 90 off 38 balls and Nicholas Pooran\u2019s late fireworks, LSG managed to thrash Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
CSK had posted 187\/5, thanks to Kartik Sharma\u2019s career-best score of 71 in T20s and an unbeaten 32 from Shivam Dube, after Akash\u2019s spell took out the top order on a fiery red soil pitch. But Marsh and Josh Inglis set the tone right from the start via a massive 135-run opening stand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Riding on Akash Singh\u2019s fantastic three-fer, Mitchell Marsh\u2019s brutal 90 off 38 balls and Nicholas Pooran\u2019s late fireworks, LSG managed to thrash Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After he, Inglis and Abdul Samad fell in quick succession, Pooran produced some emphatic hits to smash 32 off just 17 balls. He slammed one four and four maximums to help LSG reach with 20 balls to spare and dent CSK\u2019s playoffs hopes in a thumping fashion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n