IPL 2025: Maxwell’s Temper Costs Him 25% of Match Fee in PBKS’ Win Over CSK

Punjab Kings pulled off a gutsy 18-run victory over Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday night in IPL 2025, but the headlines weren’t all about the scoreboard. Glenn Maxwell, their big-hitting Aussie, landed in hot water, copping a 25% slice off his match fee and a demerit point after losing his cool. The BCCI pinned him under Article 2.2 of the IPL Code; think smashing dressing room doors or swatting at boards in a huff; and Maxwell owned up to it, nodding to the Match Referee’s call. He’d barely troubled the scorers, nicking off for 1 to Ashwin, so maybe that sparked the tantrum. Still, he dusted off the bat flop to nick out CSK’s Rachin Ravindra, who’d been carving up 36 off 23.

The real fireworks came from PBKS’s young gun, Priyansh Arya, who lit up Mullanpur with a jaw-dropping 103 off 42 balls; nine sixes, seven fours, pure chaos. With four teammates crumbling for peanuts, Shashank Singh held firm with an unbeaten 52, and Marco Jansen blasted 34* late to push PBKS to 219/6. CSK gave it a crack but fizzled out at 201/5, their fourth stumble in five games. Maxwell’s penalty might’ve soured the mood a bit, but for Punjab fans, Arya’s heroics and those two points are what’ll stick in the memory.

                                               

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