RCB skipper Faf du Plessis, PBKS counterpart Sam Curran handed fines for breaching IPL 'Code of Conduct'

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis and stand-in Punjab Kings (PBKS) skipper Sam Curran ended up on the losing side in the Sunday double-header, suffering narrow defeats against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Gujarat Titans (GT) respectively.

To make matters worse, both du Plessis and Curran were handed fines for breaching the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Code of Conduct during their respective matches.

South African du Plessis was fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over rate during his team’s heart-breaking one-run defeat against KKR at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, resulting in the Royal Challengers copping their first fine due to an over-rate offence this season.

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“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.

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KKR completed a season double against RCB, bowling the visitors out for 221 after posting 222/6 on the board, with the latter staying at the bottom after suffering their seventh loss of the season, and their sixth in a row.

Curran, on the other hand, was fined 50 per cent of his match fees for a Level 1 offence after showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during the second match of the double-header, in which Punjab went down fighting against Gujarat, suffering a three-wicket defeat after getting bowled out for a modest 142.

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“Curran committed a Level 1 offence under Article 2.8 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct. He admitted to the offence 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,” read the official statement from the IPL.

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PBKS suffered their fourth defeat on the trot, and currently sit at the ninth spot with two points more than what RCB have managed so far this season.