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Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant has been fined against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) due to a slow over rate. LSG was the third such crime of this season, so Pant was fined Rs 30 lakh. Each of the remaining 11 players played was fined Rs 12 lakh or 50% of their match fee (whichever is less).
However, this was Pant’s third such crime, yet he was not banned, as the IPL was until 2024. This rule was replaced before IPL 2025. At the same time, Mumbai Indians (Mi) captain Hardik Pandya could not play the first match of this season due to the ban of last season.
LSG was at number 7 LSG finished seventh in the points table of ten teams with 6 wins and 12 points in 14 matches this season. At the same time, RCB has qualified for qualifier-1 with 19 points in league stage.
Bengaluru defeated Lucknow At the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Bengaluru won the toss and chose bowling. Lucknow scored 227 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten 118 runs on 61 balls. He hit 11 fours and 8 sixes. Mitchell Marsh (67 runs) also scored a half -century. Bengaluru achieved a target of 228 runs for 4 wickets in 18.4 overs. The team has chased its largest target in the IPL.
Bengaluru captain Jitesh Sharma scored an unbeaten 85 runs on 33 balls. While Mayank Agarwal scored an unbeaten 41 at 23 balls. Both shared a 107 -run partnership. Virat Kohli scored 54 runs. Kohli has scored 8th and overall 63rd IPL half -century in the current season. He has broken the record of David Warner (62 FIFTI) in terms of most fifty in IPL.
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