Shreyas Iyer fined ₹12 Lakh for slow over-rate against CSK

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined ₹12 lakh after his team maintained a slow over-rate during Match 49 of the IPL 2025 against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.This marks Punjab’s first over-rate offence of the season. The penalty was imposed under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which deals with minimum over-rate violations.
Riding on the late four-wicket haul from Chahal (4/32), including a hat-trick, PBKS bowled out CSK for 190, and despite a little stumbling towards the end, the visitors got over the line with two balls to spare, scoring 194/6. Shreyas (72, 41b, 5×4, 4×6) and Prabhsimran (54, 36 balls, 5x4s, 3×6) were the architects of the victory.
Hat-trick ????Powerful start with the bat ????Captain’s knock ????The Battle of Kings goes the @PunjabKingsIPL way again this season ❤Scorecard ▶ #TATAIPL | #CSKvPBKS pic.twitter.com/Yk1SOZOzip— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2025 PBKS have moved up to second in the table with 13 points while CSK are on 10th with just four points, and their improbable play-off hopes too were eliminated with this result. Skipper Iyer responded with a meticulous fifty, his fourth since taking charge of PBKS, while Prabhsimran brought up his third half-century of the season as the two forged a crucial 72-run stand for the second wicket, which set the platform for PBKS’ win.Chahal, wicketless until the penultimate over, was hit for a six by MS Dhoni (11), but the bowler had him caught at long off on the second delivery. On the fourth, Deepak Hooda (2) played one meekly towards the backward point while on the fifth, impact substitute Anshul Kamboj (0) was cleaned up.Noor Ahmad (0) tried to put one away but ended up miscuing his shot, and Jansen came in from long-on to complete the hat-trick, which was the leg-spinner’s second in the IPL. In that phase, CSK lost six wickets for a mere five runs, which, in the end, had a decisive effect on the calculations.(With PTI inputs)First Published: May 1, 2025 11:15 AM IST

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