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Axar Patel has been fined Rs 12 lakh aft Delhi Capitals maintained a dilatory implicit complaint during their thrilling IPL 2026 triumph against Punjab Kings successful Dharamsala.The IPL confirmed the punishment successful an authoritative statement, saying: “As this was his team’s archetypal offence of the play nether Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Axar Patel was fined INR 12 lakhs.
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Mahela Jayawardene reflects connected MI’s disappointing IPL 2026 campaign
Despite the fine, it was a memorable nighttime for Delhi Capitals, who kept their slim playoff hopes live with a melodramatic three-wicket triumph portion chasing 211 runs.Punjab Kings posted a immense full of 210/5 aft beardown knocks from Priyansh Arya (56) and skipper Shreyas Iyer, who remained unbeaten connected 59. Cooper Connolly besides chipped successful with 38 runs.Delhi’s pursuit started severely arsenic they slipped to 74/4 and looked successful superior trouble.
However, Axar Patel played a captain’s innings with 56 runs, portion David Miller added a important 51 to bring Delhi backmost into the match.Youngsters Ashutosh Sharma and Madhav Tiwari past calmly finished the pursuit arsenic Delhi reached 216/7 successful 19 overs.Madhav besides impressed with the ball, taking 2 wickets, portion Mitchell Starc picked up 2 wickets arsenic well.The triumph lifted Delhi’s assurance up of their adjacent crippled against Rajasthan Royals, though they inactive stay seventh connected the points table.
