punjab Kings captain shreyas iyer has been fined for maintaining slow over rate. punjab won by four wickets against chennai Super Kings (CSK) at chepauk on Wednesday. Iyer has been fined Rs 12 lakh. This was PBKS' first over-rate offence in IPL 2025 under the tournament's code of conduct. PBKS were also forced to bring an extra player inside the circle before the start of the 19th over.
The 49th match of the season was played between chennai Super Kings and punjab Kings at chepauk on wednesday in the indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
Earlier, lucknow Super Giants captain rishabh pant, Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans), Axar patel (Delhi Capitals), sanju samson (Rajasthan Royals), Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals) and hardik pandya (Mumbai Indians) have been fined for slow over rate this season.
yuzvendra chahal bowled brilliantly against CSK. He took 4 wickets for 32 runs. chahal also took the first hat-trick of IPL 2025. CSK, which was moving towards a big score, was stopped by punjab at 190 runs on the basis of Chahal's brilliant bowling.
With this win, PBKS won their sixth win in 10 matches and have moved to second place with 13 points. punjab has overtaken three teams on 12 points in the points table.
Meanwhile, CSK became the first team to be eliminated from the playoff race as they are at the bottom of the table with just two wins in 10 matches.
CSK started this season with a win. But, due to poor batting and bowling in the matches played, CSK is continuously losing at home. CSK, which once dominated chepauk, has failed to save its fort this season.
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