Lucknow Super Giants leg-spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi has been handed a one-match suspension after one other occasion of his “tick the notebook” celebration following his dismissal of Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma during an IPL match right here.
Abhishek was additionally reprimanded for the identical incident and obtained a 25% wonderful together with one demerit level for what was his first offence.
For Digvesh, this was his third Code of Conduct breach and he has been suspended from LSG’s subsequent encounter towards Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad having collected 5 demerit factors after three separate offenses of identical nature.
“Digvesh Singh, Bowler, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) has been fined 50% of his match fees for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH),” the IPL launch acknowledged.
“This was his third Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 this season and hence, he has accumulated Two Demerit Points, in addition to Three Demerit Points he had accumulated earlier— One Demerit Point against Punjab Kings on April 01, 2025 and Two Demerit Points against Mumbai Indians on April 04, 2025.
“As he now has Five Demerit Points this season— which end in a one-game suspension— Digvesh will now be suspended for LSG’s subsequent recreation— towards Gujarat Titans on May 22, 2025 in Ahmedabad.” For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding,” it additional acknowledged.
The 25-year-old has been LSG’s solely silver lining in an in any other case disastrous marketing campaign with 14 wickets from 12 video games at an economic system price of 8.18 per over.
However, he seems to have discovered little from earlier incidents. His now customary “tick in notebook” celebration has gone viral on social media however match referees have not taken too kindly to it.
Most of the time, his celebrations come after being blasted by the opposition batters. In this occasion, it got here after India opener Abhishek had smashed 59 off 20 balls, together with half a dozen sixes.
LSG had been utterly outclassed by SRH and the defeat ended their probabilities of IPL qualification.
In a social media video posted by LSG earlier within the season, teammate Nicholas Pooran was seen jokingly asking Digvesh about his obsession with the pocket book celebration.
His response? “Because I am from Delhi.”
Published – May 20, 2025 11:32 am IST
