BCCI Fined Faf du Plessis & Penalizes Sam Curran for "Dissent At Umpire's Decision"

On Monday Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran was fined 50% of his match fees and RCB's captain Faf Du Plessis was fined Rs 12 lakh for their respective offenses. In Sunday's exciting one-run loss to Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens, RCB's sixth of the current season, Du Plessis was fined for keeping a sluggish over rate.

Mr Faf du Plessis, Captain, Royal Challengers Bengaluru has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during Match 36 of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on April 21, 2024.
~an IPL statement read

It was the season's first over-rate offense for RCB.

Curran breached Code of Conduct

Contrarily, Curran was fined half of his match fees for a Level 1 violation of "showing dissent at an umpire's decision" during PBKS's Sunday three-wicket loss to Gujarat Titans in Mullanpur, as stated in Article 2.8 of the IPL's Code of Conduct.

Curran committed a Level 1 offense under Article 2.8 of the IPL's Code of Conduct. He admitted to the offense and accepted the Match Referee's sanction. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee's decision is final and binding.

~an IPL media release stated

Punjab now sits in ninth place in the points table after suffering their fourth straight defeat to GT.