Rishabh Pant joins unwanted captain list, fined after LSG’s win against CSK

LSG Captain Rishabh Pant (PTI photo)

Rishabh Pant has been fined INR 12 lakh after Lucknow Super Giants were found guilty of maintaining a slow over-rate during their IPL 2026 clash against Chennai Super Kings at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.As captain of the franchise, Pant is responsible for ensuring the team completes its 20 overs within the stipulated time limit. However, LSG failed to meet the required over-rate during the match, leading to disciplinary action from the IPL Governing Council.The IPL confirmed that Pant breached Article 2.22 of the tournament’s Code of Conduct, which relates to minimum over-rate offences. Since it was Lucknow’s first such offence of the season, Pant received a fine of INR 12 lakh.In an official statement, the IPL said:“Rishabh 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.”The statement further clarified:“As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Rishabh Pant was fined INR 12 lakhs.”Here’s list of captain penalised for slow-over rate in IPL 2026:

Match No.	Captain	Team	Offence Count	Penalty Amount	Opponent
Match 4	Shreyas Iyer	Punjab Kings	First	Rs 12 lakh	Gujarat Titans
Match 7	Shreyas Iyer	Punjab Kings	Second	Rs 24 lakh	Chennai Super Kings
Match 14	Shubman Gill	Gujarat Titans	First	Rs 12 lakh	Delhi Capitals
Match 18	Ruturaj Gaikwad	Chennai Super Kings	First	Rs 12 lakh	Delhi Capitals
Match 20	Hardik Pandya	Mumbai Indians	First	Rs 12 lakh	Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Match 22	Ajinkya Rahane	Kolkata Knight Riders	First	Rs 12 lakh	Chennai Super Kings
Match 55	Axar Patel	Delhi Capitals	First	Rs 12 lakh	Punjab Kings
Match 56	Pat Cummins	Sunrisers Hyderabad	First	Rs 12 lakh	Gujarat Titans
Match 59	Rishabh Pant	Lucknow Super Giants	First	Rs 12 lakh	Chennai Super Kings