PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer was fined twice for slow over-rate offences in IPL 2026 — a 12-lakh fine after the GT match and a 24-lakh fine after the CSK match, totalling 36 lakh in personal fines. With the IPL's previous one-match suspension rule scrapped pre-season, neither fine carried a ban; PBKS's other players were each fined 6 lakh or 25 per cent of match fee per offence.
Iyer's first over-rate offence came in PBKS's match against Gujarat Titans. The standard captain-fine for a first slow-over offence under the 2026 regime is 12 lakh, with the rest of the playing XI fined 25 per cent of match fee. The second offence — in the CSK match — escalated the captain's personal fine to 24 lakh.
The cumulative captaincy financial cost across IPL 2026 was 36 lakh in personal over-rate fines alone, separate from any other Code of Conduct or franchise-discipline matters. The IPL's pre-season removal of the one-match suspension rule for slow over-rates meant that despite the two offences, Iyer was not suspended.
The pattern across IPL 2026 — Iyer twice, Shubman Gill once, Ajinkya Rahane once — has produced the highest cumulative captaincy over-rate fine total of any IPL season. Critics have argued that the financial penalty has not visibly improved the pace of cricket and that the suspension threat had been the more effective lever.
PBKS vs GT — Iyer's first slow over-rate offence
12 lakh fine (captain) + 25 per cent match fee (other players)
PBKS vs CSK — Iyer's second slow over-rate offence
24 lakh fine (captain) + 6 lakh per other player
No suspension under the 2026 regime that scrapped the one-match captain ban
Iyer becomes the most-fined captain of IPL 2026 for over-rate offences
Shreyas Iyer fined 12 lakh + 24 lakh (total 36 lakh) for two slow over-rate offences in IPL 2026. PBKS's other players each fined 6 lakh or 25 per cent of match fee per offence. No suspension imposed under the 2026 regime.
Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals
29 May 2026
The Qualifier 2 toss between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals at Mullanpur had to be conducted twice after match referee Prakash Bhatt failed to hear Riyan Parag's call — a visible frustration for Shubman Gill who appeared to have won the original toss before the do-over.
Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders
26 April 2026
Kartik Tyagi bowled two beamers in the final over of LSG's chase but was allowed to continue — umpires called only one dangerous — sparking IPL fury.
Various county and representative sides
1864-06-01
The legalisation of overarm bowling in 1864 created an immediate grey zone: how high could the arm go, and at what point did a fast delivery become an illegal throw? Through the 1860s English cricket struggled with this question as a succession of fast bowlers developed actions that umpires suspected but rarely no-balled, creating a climate of suspicion that would recur in every generation of cricket thereafter.