During the ongoing IPL 2025 season eight players received penalties because they ignored slow over-rates along with violations of the IPL code of conduct guidelines. The best captains Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson received sanctions for their late overs delivery. Lucknow Super Giants’ young leg-spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi stands out as the only player who continues to attract disciplinary issues through repeated unlawful conduct. Rathi receives ongoing criticism from the BCCI for his notebook celebration which has resulted in two BCCI-imposed fines but he persists despite this disciplinary action.
Gavaskar Slams Digvesh Rathi’s Celebration, Questions BCCI’s Disciplinary Consistency
“The Lucknow team’s Digvesh Rathi has been fined a couple of times and lost two demerit points for the celebrations of taking a wicket with the notebook celebration. The first time he did that was when he got the wicket of his Delhi teammate Priyansh Arya. He was rightly fined then because he ran right up to the batter who was leaving back for the dug out and did the notebook celebration standing bang next to him,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day.
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Gavaskar Defends Rathi’s Second Celebration, Calls Out Inconsistent Fining by BCCI
“That was not only invading the batter’s space but also giving him a send-off which is why he lost 25 per cent of his match fees. However, the next time he did that he was nowhere near the batter, and so it was a surprise that he was fined then. He wasn’t in the batter’s space or face and so shouldn’t have been fined.”
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