Lucknow, April 5 -- Captain Rishabh Pant has been fined heavily for Lucknow Super Giants maintaining a slow over-rate in their electrifying encounter against Mumbai Indians in the ongoing Indian Premier League. Apart from Pant, leg spinner Digvesh Rathi was fined 50 per cent of his match fees for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct in the same encounter.

The recent sanctions on LSG come following their narrow 12-run victory over Mumbai Indians on Friday. IPL released a statement on Saturday to announce that the Super Giants' skipper was penalised for breaching the Code of Conduct and was fined Rs 12 lakh as a result.

"Rishabh Pant, Captain, Lucknow Super Giants, has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during Match 16 of ...