{"id":1900,"date":"2026-04-01T12:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1900"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:31:07","slug":"shreyas-iyer-fined-12-lakh-ipl-breach","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/news\/shreyas-iyer-fined-12-lakh-ipl-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Shreyas Iyer Fined 12 Lakh for IPL Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined \u20b912 lakh following a slow over-rate offence during their <a href=\"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/ipl-2026-schedule-match-dates-venues-timings\/\">Indian Premier League 2026<\/a> opener against the Gujarat Titans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the penalty, PBKS began their campaign on a winning note, edging past GT by three wickets in a closely contested encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to an official IPL release, the breach falls under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which deals with minimum over-rate violations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since this was PBKS\u2019s first offence of the season, only a monetary fine was imposed on Iyer, avoiding harsher sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Match Summary &amp; Key Performances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PBKS produced a disciplined bowling effort to restrict GT to 162\/6. Veteran spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (2\/28) controlled the middle overs effectively, while pacer Vyshak Vijayakumar picked up three crucial wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chasing 163, Punjab faced moments of instability, largely due to Prasidh Krishna\u2019s impressive spell.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, debutant Cooper Connolly emerged as the standout performer, scoring an unbeaten 72 off 44 balls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His composed innings, supported by Prabhsimran Singh\u2019s quick 37, ensured PBKS crossed the finish line with five balls to spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For GT, skipper Shubman Gill (39) and Jos Buttler (38) made starts but failed to convert them into match-defining scores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1901,"template":"","tags":[1042,1040,1041],"ppma_author":[488],"class_list":["post-1900","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ipl-code-of-conduct","tag-shreyas-iyer-fined","tag-slow-over-rate-ipl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}