LSG vs PBKS IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants bowler Digvesh Singh Rathi has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee and one demerit point for violating the code of conduct.

Showing aggression during the match on the night of April 1 in the Indian Premier League 2025 proved costly for a young player. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has imposed a hefty fine on Lucknow Super Giants bowler Digvesh Singh Rathi for violating the IPL Code of Conduct. Digvesh Singh has been fined 25 percent of his match fee and a demerit point has also been added for his animated notebook celebration after dismissing Punjab Kings' young batsman Priyansh Arya at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.

What did Digvesh Singh do?

The whole incident happened in the third over of Punjab Kings' batting. On the last ball, Digvesh Singh Rathi bowled a short and wide ball to Priyansh Arya. The left-handed batsman tried to play a pull shot without footwork and the ball hit the top edge of the bat and went in the air, which was caught by Shardul Thakur running from mid-on.

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Dirty act after taking wicket

When Priyansh Arya was returning to the pavilion after scoring eight runs off nine balls, his teammate in the Delhi T20 League, Digvesh, came to him and bumped his shoulder and started waving his hands in the air as if he was writing his name in an imaginary notebook. The umpires also talked to Vignesh after this.

Level 1 guilty

Digvesh Singh Rathi admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 and accepted the sanction of the match referee, which is final and binding in case of Level 1 violations. This celebration immediately reminded fans and experts of West Indies fast bowler Kesrick Williams, who made this celebration his special style after dismissing opposition batsmen.

Talking about the match, after losing the toss and batting first on their local ground, Lucknow Supergiants scored 172 runs. Leg spinner Digvesh took two wickets for 30 runs in his four overs. In response, thanks to the brilliant half-centuries of opener Prabhsimran Singh (69 runs off 34 balls) and captain Shreyas Iyer (52* runs off 30 balls), Punjab Kings achieved the target of 173 runs in just 16.2 overs.

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