IPL 2024, CSK vs GT: Shubman Gill was handed his first over-rate penalty as the Gujarat Titans captain. The young opener was fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining slow over-rate during their 63-run defeat to the Super Kings in Chennai on Tuesday.
Shubman Gill copped his first over-rate penalty as captain in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday, March 26. The Gujarat Titans captain was fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during GT’s first away match of the season against Chennai Super Kings in Chennai.
Since it was only the first over-rate offence, Shubman Gill was fined Rs 12 lakh. A captain will face a one-match ban if a team is found guilty of maintaining slow over-rate for the second time in the same season.
“As it was his team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Gill was fined Rs 12 lakhs,” an IPL statement said.
It was a day of firsts for Shubman Gill as the rising star suffered his first defeat as the captain of Gujarat Titans. The former champions lost to Chennai Super Kings by 63 runs in a one-sided contest at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday.