Stumps : Day 2 - Pakistan trail by 234 runs.

413/10

Pakistan

179/1

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Day 2 - Essex trail by 93 runs.

Essex

142/6

Hampshire

235/10

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Day 2 - Warwickshire lead by 2 runs.

Warwickshire

147/10 & 7/0

Yorkshire

152/10

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Innings Break : Day 2 - Surrey elected to bowl

Nottinghamshire

415/10

Surrey

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Day 2 - Glamorgan trail by 288 runs.

Glamorgan

66/4

Somerset

354/10

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Day 2 - Sussex trail by 203 runs.

Sussex

125/2

Leicestershire

328/10

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Day 2 - Derbyshire elected to bat

Derbyshire

539/5

Northamptonshire

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Day 2 - Kent trail by 167 runs.

Gloucestershire

325/10

Kent

158/5

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Day 2 - Durham elected to bowl

Worcestershire

288/9

Durham

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Lunch Break : Day 2 - Middlesex trail by 85 runs.

201/10

116/5

SAM won by 9 wickets

92/8

93/1

JPN won by 30 runs

123/10

93/6

SGR won by 5 runs

134/9

139/8

PNG won by 136 runs

61/10

197/3

MAL won by 7 wickets

144/3

143/7

ROM won by 38 runs

191/3

153/4

FIN won by 138 runs

25/10

163/10

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0/0

BAR won by 8 wickets

118/10

119/2

Pakistan Women need 214 runs in 49.0 remaining overs

Pakistan Women

9/0

Zimbabwe Women

222/9

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IPL 2026: Shreyas Iyer fined ₹12 lakh despite Punjab Kings’ win

by Shekhar April 1, 2026

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Shreyas Iyer, the captain of Punjab Kings, has been fined after his team won by 3 wickets in their first IPL 2026 match against Gujarat Titans. The fine on the PBKS captain marked the first offence committed by a team in this year’s edition of the tournament which started on March 28.

The fine comes as an early warning for PBKS who managed to clinch a hard fought win thanks to Cooper Connolly’s mature knock. Shreyas Iyer, the captain of Punjab Kings, has been fined after his team won by 3 wickets in their first IPL 2026 match against Gujarat Titans.

Shreyas Iyer fined ₹12 lakh for slow over-rate in PBKS’s IPL 2026 opener

“As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Iyer was fined INR 12 lakhs,” the release stated.

Over rate is the number of overs a team bowls in one hour. According to International Cricket Council rules, teams must bowl 15 overs per hour in Tests, 14.28 in ODIs, and 14.11 in T20s. In IPL. including the two strategic timeouts, which last for two minutes and 30 seconds, the bowling side is expected to maintain an over rate of 14.11 and finish their quota of 20 overs in one hour and 30 minutes, barring any delays due to weather or any such unforeseen circumstances.

The first offence in a season, the bowling team’s captain is fined ₹12 lakh. If it happens again, the captain is fined ₹24 lakh, while the other 10 players are fined either ₹6 lakh or 25% of their match fee, whichever is lower. For the third and each subsequent offence in a season, the captain of the bowling team will be fined 30 lakhs and will also be banned for one match. The other 10 players in the team will also be fined 12 lakhs or 50% of their match fees, depending on which amount is lesser.

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Q. Why was Shreyas Iyer fined in IPL 2026?

He was fined ₹12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during Punjab Kings’ match against Gujarat Titans.

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