IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans star bowler Ishant Sharma has suffered another setback after a poor bowling performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The BCCI has fined him. Along with this, a demerit point has also been added to his account. In the 19th match of IPL 2025, Gujarat defeated Hyderabad by 7 wickets. Gujarat’s star bowler Ishant was fined 25% of the match fee for violating the IPL code of conduct during the match and a demerit point was given.
Ishant violated Article 2.2.
A statement issued by the IPL said that Ishant has violated Article 2.2, which is related to the misuse of cricket equipment or clothes, field equipment or fittings during the match. It was a crime of Level 1, for which Ishant has accepted the match referee Jawagal Srinath’s sentence. However, no information has been given about the incident.
Ishant’s performance
Ishant gave 53 runs in four overs against SRH in Hyderabad and failed to take a single wicket. He was out for 13 overs in GT’s innings and Sherfen Rutherford was replaced as an influential player. Ishant has been very expensive in the IPL so far. He has given 107 runs in 8 overs in three matches and has taken only one wicket. Gujarat’s victory against Hyderabad was his third win in four matches, with the team to second place in the points table.
This was his third consecutive win after launching the season with defeat against Punjab Kings. This is the fourth consecutive defeat of Hyderabad and has reached the lowest position in the points table. Talking about the match, Hyderabad batting first scored 152 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. Shubman Gill -led team achieved the target of 153 runs by losing three wickets with 20 balls remaining.
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