Ahmedabad: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer and Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya have been fined for their respective teams’ slow over-rate during the IPL Qualifier 2 here.
While Iyer was fined Rs 24 lakh as it was his team’s second offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct, Pandya was docked Rs 30 lakh for the third time offender.
“As it was his team’s second offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Iyer was fined INR 24 lakhs,” an IPL statement read.
“Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during Qualifier 2 of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 against Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. As it was his team’s second offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Iyer was fined INR 24 lakhs. The rest of the members of the Playing XI, including the Impact Player, were each individually fined either INR 6 lakh or 25 per cent of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser,” the IPL said in a statement.
“Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has also been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate. As it was his team’s third offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Pandya was fined INR 30 Lakh. The rest of the members of the Playing XI, including the Impact Player, were each individually fined either INR 12 Lakh or 50 per cent of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser.” the statement added.
This was Iyer’s second slow over-rate penalty this season, so he’s been hit with a ₹24 lakh fine. Hardik Pandya got fined ₹30 lakh since it’s the third time the Mumbai Indians have been caught for this. On top of that, every Punjab Kings player from the Qualifier 2 game will have to pay either ₹6 lakh or 25% of their match fee, whichever is less. For Mumbai Indians players, the fine is steeper: they’ll pay ₹12 lakh or half their match fee, whichever comes out lower.
If the IPL rules hadn’t been updated this season, Pandya would have faced a one-match suspension and missed the final, even if the Mumbai Indians made it through. But with the new rules in place, he’ll be available to play in the first match of the next season, unlike before. Since Iyer’s Punjab Kings have qualified for the final, we’re guaranteed a new IPL champion this year. They’ll take on Rajat Patidar’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the same stadium in June 2025.
The second qualifier between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings was a back-and-forth battle, but the Kings came out strong, winning by five wickets. Even though MI got good runs from Jonny Bairstow, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, and Naman Dhir to post 203 in 20 overs, Punjab’s batting lineup, led by captain Iyer, stayed calm and chased the target down in 19 overs.
Iyer really led the way with the bat, playing an amazing unbeaten innings of 87 runs, including five fours and eight huge sixes.
