India, Aug. 30 -- The organisers of the Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 punished South Delhi Superstarz's spinner Digvesh Rathi for his ugly showdown with West Delhi Lions captain Nitish Rana during the Eliminator at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. Rathi was fined 80 per cent of his match fees for the code of conduct breach under Article 2.2 for the "conduct contrary to the spirit of the game."

On the other hand, Nitish Rana has been fined 50 per cent of the match fees for a code of conduct breach under Article 2.6 (Level 1), which relates to "using a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during a match."

It must be mentioned that Nitish and Rathi clashed after the latter said some unsavoury words after being whacked for...