Here is a full list of players who have been penalised for violating the IPL Code of Conduct during 2025 Indian Premier League.
Clause 12.6 of the IPL Playing Conditions deal with over rates. As per the clause, a team has to complete 14.11 overs an hour. In uninterrupted matches, “the 20th over should finish within 90 minutes (being 85 minutes of playing time plus 5 minutes of time-out) of the start of the innings,” states the clause.
“For delayed or interrupted matches where an innings is scheduled to be less than 20 overs, the maximum time of 90 minutes shall be reduced by 4 minutes 15 seconds for every over by which the innings is reduced.”
If a team is guilty of violating these stipulations, they lose the extra fielder outside the 30-yard circle. For a first offence, the captain is fined INR 12 lakh. This applies to the designated captain of the playing XI if the squad captain is neither in the playing XI or the Impact Player. For the second offence, the captains pays double (INR 24 lakh), and the other team members are penalised INR 6 lakh or 25 per cent of their match fee, whichever is lower.
Until last year, in case of a third offence by a side in the same season, the captain would be fined INR 30 lakh and suspended for one match (if it is the side’s last game of the season, the suspension will carry over to the next season), while his teammates would be fined INR 12 lakh or 50 per cent of their match fees (whichever is lower). However, suspensions for over rate offences have been done away with for IPL 2025.
If a captain tries to escape a ban by handing over the leadership duties, the sanctions will still be applicable unless the BCCI is notified in writing about a formal change in captaincy.
Over-rate penalty: Full list
Match 9 – Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians): Mumbai maintained a slow over rate during their away match against the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. Since this was their first offence of IPL 2025, their captain Pandya was fined INR 12 lakh. Pandya had earlier missed MI’s season opener, against the Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk, after MI fell short on over rate in their last match of IPL 2024: he had served all his warnings before that.
Match 11 – Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals): RR maintained a slow over rate during their “home” game against Chennai Super Kings at Guwahati. This was their first offence for the season. Sanju Samson, their full-time captain, was not their designated skipper for the game. Riyan, who stood in for Samson, was fined INR 12 lakh.
Match 16 – Rishabh Pant (Lucknow Super Giants): LSG maintained a slow over rate during their home victory over Mumbai Indians, their first offence of the season. Skipper Pant was fined INR 12 lakh.
Match 21 – Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru): RCB maintained a slow over rate during their away victory against Mumbai Indians. This was their first offence of the season. Patidar, their captain, was fined INR 12 lakh.
Match 23 – Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals): RR maintained a slow over rate against Gujarat Titans at Ahmedabad. Since this was their second offence of IPL 2025, captain Samson was fined INR 24 lakh (though Riyan led them during the first match). The rest of the team was fined INR 6 lakh or 25 per cent of their match fees, whichever is lower.
Match 29 – Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals): DC maintained a slow over rate during their home match against MI at Delhi. Since this was their first offence of the season, their captain Axar was fined INR 12 lakh.
Match 35 – Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans): GT fell behind on their over rate in their home match against DC. Since this was their first offence of the season, their captain Gill was fined INR 12 lakhs.
Match 45 – Rishabh Pant (Lucknow Super Giants): LSG maintained a slow over rate for the second time in the season against MI, meaning captain Pant was fined INR 24 lakh. The rest of the team members were fined INR six lakh, or 25 per cent of their match fees (whichever is less).
Match 49 – Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings): PBKS maintained a slow over rate during their away match against CSK at Chepauk. This was their first offence of their season, and their captain Iyer was fined INR 12 lakh.
Match 56 – Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians): MI maintained a slow over rate during home match against GT at Wankhede. Since this was their second offence of IPL 2025, Pandya was fined INR 24 lakh. The rest of the MI XI, including the Impact Player and the concussion substitute, were fined either INR 6 lakh or 25 per cent of their match fees, whichever is lower.
Match 65 – Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru): RCB maintained a slow over rate during their game against SRH at Lucknow. As this was their second offence, their captain Patidar was fined INR 24 lakh. The rest of the team, including the Impact Player, were fined INR 6 lakh or 25 per cent of their match fees, whichever is lower.
Match 65 – Pat Cummins (Sunrisers Hyderabad): SRH fell behind on the over rate as well during the same match. As their was their first offence of IPL 2025, their captain Cummins was fined INR 12 lakh.
Match 70 – Rishabh Pant (Lucknow Super Giants): A third over rate offence of the season saw Pant fined INR 30 lakh by the IPL. The rest of the playing XI, including Impact Player were fined the lower amount between INR 12 lakh, and 50 per cent of their respective match fees.
Code of Conduct breaches: Full list
Match 13 – Digvesh Singh Rathi (Lucknow Super Giants): The spinner was fined 25 per cent of his match fee, and received one demerit point for a Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 of the Code of Conduct, which relates to "using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a another player in the match." After dismissing Punjab Kings batter Priyansh Arya, Digvesh had celebrated by miming the act of signing a notebook.
Match 16 – Digvesh Singh Rathi (Lucknow Super Giants): After pulling out his "notebook" celebration for the second successive game, Digvesh was fined 50 per cent of his match fee, and accumulated an additional two demerit points.
Match 19 – Ishant Sharma (Gujarat Titans): Fined 25 per cent of his match fees, accumulated one Demerit Point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Match 22 – Glenn Maxwell (Punjab Kings): Fined 25 per cent of his match fees, accumulated one Demerit Point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct against Chennai Super Kings.
Match 32 – Munaf Patel (Delhi Capitals): The DC bowling coach was fined 25 per cent of his match fees and accumulated a demerit point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s home match against RR. Munaf admitted to a Level 1 offence under Article 2.20 that “pertains to the conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game”. He accepted the match referee’s sanction.
Match 56 – Ashish Nehra (Gujarat Titans): During their match against MI, GT head coach Nehra was fined 25 per cent of his match fee and handed a demerit point after a Level 1 offence under Article 2.20 (conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game). Nehra accepted the match referee’s sanction.
Match 57 – Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders): Varun was fined 25 per cent match fees and has accumulated one demerit point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during KKR’s home game against CSK. Varun admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 and accepted the match referee’s sanction.
Match 61 – Digvesh Singh Rathi (Lucknow Super Giants): Rathi was fined 50 per cent of his match fees for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during LSG’s home match against SRH. This was his third Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 in IPL 2025. As a result, he accumulated two demerit in addition to the three he had earlier this season. The five demerit points will result in a one-match suspension: he will miss LSG’s game against GT.
Match 61 – Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad): Abhishek was fined 25 per cent of his match fees for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the same match, against LSG in Lucknow. Since this was his first Article 2.6 Level 1 offence in IPL 2025, he accumulated one demerit point.
Match 63 – Mukesh Kumar (Delhi Capitals): Mukesh was fined 10 per cent of his match fees and accumulated a demerit point for a Level 1 offence under Article 2.2 during DC’s away match against MI at Wankhede Stadium.
