IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill fined USD 14,391 for slow over-rate offence against Chennai Super Kings

Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill has been slapped with a hefty advantageous of INR 12 lakhs (USD 14,391) for sustaining a slow over-rate throughout the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday.

GT suffered their first defeat of the season after shedding to Ruturaj Gaikwad-led CSK. With a goal of 207, the guests didn’t chase it down as they had been restricted to 143/8 in 20 overs by the CSK bowling assault.

In a press release launched by Indian Premier League (IPL) on its web site, Gill was discovered responsible of breaching IPL’s Code of Conduct after his staff maintained a slow over-rate and was fined the aforementioned quantity.

“Shubman Gill, the Gujarat Titans captain, has been fined after his staff maintained a slow over fee throughout their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Chennai Super Kings on the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on March 26,” an official assertion from the organiser learn.

“As it was his staff’s first offence of the season underneath the IPL’s Code of Conduct referring to minimal over fee offences, Gill was fined ₹12 lakh,” the assertion added.

Shubman Gill took over the captaincy reins of Gujarat Titans after Hardik Pandya left the staff to return to his outdated franchise Mumbai Indians forward of IPL 2024. Gill kicked off his IPL captaincy stint with a win over Mumbai Indians in Ahmedabad. Gujarat Titans defeated Hardik Pandya-led aspect by six runs.

‘We had been all the time taking part in catch-up’: Shubman Gill after GT lose to CSK

Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill didn’t draw back from admitting that his staff was utterly outclassed throughout departments by Ruturaj Gaikwad’s CSK, including that the batting unit let it down within the 206-run chase.

“They outplayed us after we had been batting, their execution was spot on. We backed ourselves to get a good rating within the powerplay and as soon as we didn’t, we had been all the time taking part in catch-up. It was unlucky for us,” Gill stated on the post-match presentation.

“In T20 you’ll be able to all the time discuss 10-15 runs right here or there, finish of the day it’s about how a lot they acquired. We all the time anticipated to chase 190-200, it was a very good wicket. Felt like we let ourselves down whereas batting,” he added.

Gujarat Titans will play their subsequent match against SunRisers Hyderabad on Sunday, March 31, in Hyderabad.

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