In a recent match at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Super Giants bowler Digvesh Singh found himself in hot water after he gave a rather over-the-top send-off to Punjab Kings batter Priyansh Arya. This took place during an IPL 2025 game on Tuesday evening, where Arya got out for just eight runs in the third over while the Kings were chasing a target of 172 runs.
Digvesh, a legspinner, had bowled a short delivery that Arya tried to pull off. Unfortunately, he didn’t get it right, resulting in a top-edge that Shardul Thakur easily caught after sprinting in from mid-on. As Arya turned to head back to the dugout, Digvesh ran after him and pretended to write Arya’s name in an imaginary notebook as a kind of mock celebration. Arya seemed to brush it off and continued walking without a word.
It’s worth mentioning that both players had actually been teammates in the previous year’s Delhi Premier League, which makes the send-off even more surprising. However, the IPL is pretty strict about behavior on the field. Because of his antics, the league hit Digvesh with a fine amounting to 25% of his match fee, along with a demerit point added to his record for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct.
🚨 DIGVESH RATHI FINED 25% OF HIS MATCH FEES AND HANDED 1 DEMERIT POINT FOR CELEBRATING. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/ofmJlsedmM
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 2, 2025
In an official statement, the IPL said, Digvesh Singh, Bowler, Lucknow Super Giants has been fined 25% of his match fees and has also accumulated one demerit point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Punjab Kings at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Tuesday. Digvesh has acknowledged his mistake and accepted the penalties associated with it.
As for the match, the Lucknow Super Giants faced their second loss in three games, dropping to the sixth place in the IPL standings. They were in a tough spot early on, finding themselves at 35/3 but managed to recover and set a decent target of 171 runs for Punjab. However, that score wasn’t enough, as Punjab Kings chased it down comfortably in just 16.2 overs, winning the match by eight wickets. During the chase, Digvesh did manage to take both wickets that fell, including that of Arya and also Prabhsimran Singh, who made a solid 69 runs off just 34 balls.
