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The IPL 2026 season, besides thrilling contests and closely contested matches, has also seen some incidents where players, captains and support staff faced actions from the league on disciplinary grounds. The IPL governing body has fined, warned, and given demerit points to individuals for slow over-rates and code of conduct breaches in multiple games across the tournament.

 

As per IPL playing conditions Clause 12.6, any team needs to bowl 14.11 overs per hour. A full innings of 20 overs needs to be bowled within the time allocated of 90 minutes (including timeouts). Captain and players involved can be penalised for being under the over-rate, the latter incurring a penalty upon repeating the offence.

 

Apart from this, several players and team management personnel also had to face penalties under different sections of IPL code of conduct for various reasons during matches.

 

IPL 2026 Slow Over-Rate Penalties

 

Match 4 - Shreyas Iyer: Punjab Kings had maintained a slow over-rate against Gujarat Titans in New Chandigarh and its captain was fined Rs. 12 lakhs since it was the team's first offence of the season.

 

Match 7 - Shreyas Iyer: Punjab Kings committed their second slow over-rate offense in a match against Chennai Super Kings in Chennai and its captain Sheryas Iyer was slapped with a Rs. 24 lakhs fine, while rest of the playing XI (including impact player) was fined Rs. 6 lakh or 25% of their respective match fees.

 

Match 14 - Shubman Gill: Gujarat Titans also conceded the penalty of maintaining a slow over-rate against Delhi Capitals in Delhi and skipper Shubman Gill was fined Rs. 12 lakhs as it was a first offense.

 

Match 18 - Ruturaj Gaikwad: Chennai Super Kings was found to be slow with the over-rate in a match against Delhi Capitals in Chennai, and its captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was fined Rs. 12 lakhs.

 

Match 20 - Hardik Pandya: Mumbai Indians committed a slow over-rate offense during a match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Wankhede Stadium, and skipper Hardik Pandya was fined Rs. 12 lakhs.

 

Match 22 - Ajinkya Rahane: Kolkata Knight Riders committed slow over-rate offense against Chennai Super Kings in Chennai and Ajinkya Rahane was fined Rs. 12 lakhs.

 

Match 55 - Axar Patel: Delhi Capitals committed slow over-rate offense against Punjab Kings in Dharamsala, and it was their captain Axar Patel who was fined Rs. 12 lakhs.

 

Match 56 - Pat Cummins: Sunrisers Hyderabad maintained a slow over-rate against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad and its captain Pat Cummins was fined Rs. 12 lakhs.

 

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Full list of Code of Conduct breaches in IPL 2026

 

Match 6 - Abhishek Sharma: The Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Abhishek Sharma received a 25 percent fine on his match fee along with one demerit point for using 'audible obscenity' during their clash with Kolkata Knight Riders (Article 2.3).

 

Match 18 - Nitish Rana: Rana also copped a 25 percent match fee fine and one demerit point after breaching the same Code of Conduct offence (Article 2.3) during Delhi Capitals vs. Chennai Super Kings. The breach came during an exchange with the fourth umpire about a glove change for Tristan Stubbs.

 

Match 16 - Ravinder Singh Bhinder: The Rajasthan Royals team manager was fined an amount of INR 1 lakh after being spotted on camera using a mobile phone inside the dugout during RR vs. RCB in Guwahati.

 

Match 20 - Tim David: RCB's batter incurred a 25 percent match fee fine and one demerit point for disobeying an umpire's instruction (Article 2.4).

 

Match 32 - Nandre Burger: The Rajasthan Royals paceman received a 10 percent match fee fine and one demerit point for excessive celebration following the dismissal of Rishabh Pant.

 

Match 38 - Angkrish Raghuvanshi: The Kolkata Knight Riders batter received a 20 percent match fee fine and one demerit point for abusing cricket equipment after a disputed LBW dismissal against Lucknow Super Giants.

 

Match 40 - Riyan Parag: Rajasthan Royals captain received a 25 percent match fee fine and one demerit point for using a vape inside the dressing room (Article 2.21).

 

Match 43 - Kyle Jamieson: The Delhi Capitals fast bowler was handed a warning and one demerit point for his celebrations following the dismissal of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

 

Match 54 - Andy Flower: The Royal Challengers Bengaluru head coach was fined 15 percent of his match fee for using foul language against the fourth umpire during RCB vs. Mumbai Indians.

 

Match 54 - Tim David: Tim David received another reprimand following a breach of Article 2.6. This violation consisted of an offensive gesture which resulted in a 30 percent match fee fine and two demerit points.

 

Match 58 - Kieron Pollard: The Mumbai Indians batting coach was fined 15 percent of his match fee and given one demerit point for using abusive language towards the fourth umpire during their game with Punjab Kings.

 

The IPL 2026 season now enters the final stages as the teams seek to avoid any more Code of Conduct breaches.