Nandre Burger of Rajasthan Royals is really going fast this Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Along with Jofra Archer, the left-arm pacer has been very impressive this season, one of the reasons why RR are doing so well. But then, when you are going great guns, now and then you get carried away, and that’s exactly what has happened with the South African. As a result, he has been punished.
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On Wednesday night, Nandre took two important wickets of Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant and Aussie Mitchell Marsh, and helped his team successfully defend a modest total. However, during the course of his spell, he was overcharged and, as a result, ended up breaching the IPL code of conduct. The IPL didn’t exactly specify what he did, but it appears he may have used foul language or aggressive body language to rattle the opposition batsmen. After the Pant wicket, he was all over the place for sure.
Now he will have to part ways with 10 per cent of his match fees. He has accumulated one Demerit Point to boot.
The governing council sent out a release on Thursday, which informed of Burger’s disagreeable conduct and the consequent punishment. “Nandre Burger, Bowler, Rajasthan Royals (RR) has been fined 10 per cent of his match fees and has also accumulated One Demerit Point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Wednesday.
“Nandre Burger admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 – pertaining to using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from another player in the Match – and accepted the Match Referee’s sanction.
“For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding,” the press release read.
But the guy has been fantastic this season!
Burger is having a great season in 2026. He has played all seven games so far for his team this season and taken 8 wickets, with 2/21 being his best bowling performance. He has bowled really fast, and an economy of 8.45 in that light doesn’t look bad at all. Yesterday’s win against LSG was Rajasthan’s fifth win, and with that, they took the second spot on the points table, displacing Royal Challengers Bengaluru.