Abhishek Sharma and Digvesh Rathi in an animated chat© BCCI/Sportzpics
LuckNow Super Giants spinner Digvesh Rathi has received a suspension of one competition through the Indian Premier League (IPL) administrative council for repeated violation of the code of conduct of the competition. Rathi was already punished twice by the IPL for his extravagant celebrations after taking wickets in LSG's competitions. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rathi was even involved on Monday in a heated fight with Slagman Abhishek Sharma, who even led the referees and other players to intervene.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was guilty of violating the IPL Code of Conduct for the third time this season. That is why the Spinner received a fine of 50 percent match costs and he also received a suspension of the next LSG match against the Gujarat Titans.
An IPL release about the issue was: “This was his third level 1 attack on the basis of Article 2.5 this season and that is why he collected two Demerit points, in addition to three Demerit points he had previously collected -one Demeritpunt against Punjab Kings on 01 April, 2025 and two Demerit points against Mumbai Indians on 04, 2025.” “
Digvesh Rathi suspended.
– Digvesh has been fined a fine of 50% of its competition costs and VS GT suspended.
– Abhishek Sharma also received a fine of 25%. pic.twitter.com/cmmxnlqhk7
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“Because this season he now has five demerit points – resulting in a suspension of one game – Digvesh will now be suspended for the next match of LSG – against Gujarat Titans on 22 May 2025 in Ahmedabad.”
SRH attached Absishek Sharma was also punished by the BCCI for its alter action with Digvesh during the competition.
De IPL-release leest verder: “Abhishek Sharma, allrounder, Sunrisers Hyderabad heeft een boete gekregen van 25 procent van zijn wedstrijdkosten voor het overtreden van de IPL-gedragscode tijdens de wedstrijd van zijn team tegen Lucknow Super Giants op het Bharat Ratna Shri Shri Atal Bihari Vajpaye Ekana Ekana Cicket Stadium, Lucknow op maandag. Daarom heeft hij één Demerit point collected.
“For breaches at level 1 of the code of conduct, the decision of the competition referee is final and binding.”
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