Overview
- Pat Cummins was fined on Wednesday for a slow over rate in Match 56, with the IPL setting the penalty at Rs 12 lakh for Sunrisers Hyderabad’s first offence of 2026.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad were routed by Gujarat Titans by 82 runs after being bowled out for 86 while chasing 168/5, which is SRH’s lowest all-out total in IPL history.
- The league cited Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which covers minimum over-rate breaches and sets escalating fines for repeat offences by the same team.
- Cummins joins a growing list of captains penalized this season, including Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer.
- Despite the setback, SRH sit third with 14 points from 12 matches, and Cummins called the defeat a brief blip as the team looks to tidy up game management before the run-in.