BCCI Asks Pat Cummins To Serve Punishment

Pat Cummins Punished By BCCI. Image Credits: AFP

Sunrisers Hyderabad, led by captain Pat Cummins, suffered a heavy 82-run defeat against Gujarat Titans in Match 56 of IPL 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 12. However, after the GT vs SRH game, Pat Cummins was fined by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on May 13.

Gujarat Titans delivered a strong all-round performance and currently sit at the top of the IPL 2026 points table with 16 points, moving closer to the playoffs. On the other hand, SRH is in third place in the IPL 2026 points table with 14 points from 12 matches.

Sai Sudharsan guides GT to massive win

Talking about the match, after losing early wickets of captain Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler, the Gujarat Titans recovered well to post 168/5 in their 20 overs.

Sai Sudharsan played a calm and responsible knock to rebuild the innings and scored 61 runs off 44 balls, while Washington Sundar added valuable runs in the middle overs with an impressive half-century.

In reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad failed to build momentum and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. The GT bowlers dominated throughout the innings, never allowing SRH batters to settle. As a result, Hyderabad were bowled out cheaply, handing GT a comfortable 82-run victory.

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Pat Cummins receives massive punishment from BCCI

Meanwhile, SRH captain Pat Cummins has been fined INR 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over rate during the GT vs SRH match.

According to the IPL statement, this was Sunrisers Hyderabad's first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which deals with minimum over-rate offences.

"Pat Cummins, Captain, Sunrisers Hyderabad, has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during Match No. 56 of TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Cummins was fined INR 12 lakhs." the IPL said in a statement on Wednesday morning.

It is vital to mention that Pat Cummins is not the first captain to have been fined for maintaining a slow-over rate. In the PBKS vs DC match, Delhi captain Axar Patel was also penalised for the same reason.

Earlier in the cash-rich league, Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya, and PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer have also been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate.

Who will SRH face next in the IPL 2026?

It is important to note that SRH, led by captain Pat Cummins, will next face Chennai Super Kings on May 18, followed by a much-awaited match against RCB on May 22.

SRH has not yet qualified for the IPL 2026 playoffs, and to do so, they will need to win at least one of their remaining fixtures and reach 16 points to get a ticket to the IPL 2026 playoffs.