The captains of Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sam Curran and Faf du Plessis, were fined significantly on Sunday following their respective Indian Premier League 2024 matches on Sunday.
Faf du Plessis, the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, was fined INR 12 lac for violating the IPL Code of Conduct by using an over-rate during the match at Eden Gardens against the Kolkata Knight Riders. It was the season's first over-rate offence for RCB.
In the meantime, host captain Sam Curran of the Punjab Kings was fined up to fifty percent of his match fees for a Level 1 violation related to "showing dissent at an umpire's decision" under Article 2.8 of the IPL's Code of Conduct during the team's home game against the Gujarat Titans.
In an official release, BCCI/IPL stated that Curran admitted to the offence and accepted the Match Referee's sanction.
For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee's decision is "final and binding."
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