Ruturaj Gaikwad faces BCCI punishment, Nitish Rana not spared either after CSK beat DC for first win of IPL 2026

Gaikwad was fined after CSK maintained a slow over-rate during the match. Since it was the team’s first offence under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate violations, he was fined INR 12 lakh.

IPL 2026 has already seen multiple such instances in the opening 17 matches, with Shreyas Iyer found guilty on two occasions. He was the first offender of the season after Punjab Kings maintained a slow over-rate against Gujarat Titans in New Chandigarh on March 31. He breached the code again in the very next game against Chennai on April 2, and since it was a second offence, Iyer was fined INR 24 lakh.

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Shubman Gill, captain of Gujarat Titans, was the other offender, found guilty during the match against Delhi Capitals on April 8.

Rana was fined 25 per cent of his match fee and handed one demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the IPL Code of Conduct.

He was found to have violated Article 2.3, which relates to the “use of an audible obscenity during a match.” Rana admitted the offence and accepted the Match Referee’s sanction.

While it was the super Kings' first win of the season, the Capitals slumped to their second defeat in a row.

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