3 min learnApr 13, 2026 05:58 PM IST
The Indian Premier League handed out sanctions to Royal Challengers Bengaluru participant Tim David and Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya for various offences throughout the match at Wankhede on Sunday. Whereas Pandya was fined for sluggish over-rate, David was fined for “disobeying an umpire’s instruction throughout a match.”
In David’s occasion, he had hit a six within the second ball of the the 18th over which compelled the ball to be modified as a result of strike damaging the form of the ball in addition to it getting too moist. Nevertheless, when a field of recent balls was introduced, David selected one and started to playfully test the ball. Even after the umpires requested the batter to return the ball, he didn’t relent and continued to play with it earlier than returning it a number of moments later. He would do the identical factor within the twentieth over as properly, as per the IPL launch.
“Tim David, Batter, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), has been fined 25% of his match price and has additionally accrued one Demerit Level for breaching Degree 1 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct for Gamers and Crew Officers throughout Match No. 20 towards Mumbai Indians (MI).David was discovered to have breached Article 2.4 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which pertains to “disobeying an umpire’s instruction throughout a match.” The primary incident occurred when the umpires modified the ball throughout the 18th over (17.2) of RCB’s batting innings. He needed to take a look on the ball and didn’t hand it over regardless of being repeatedly requested to take action.
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“The second incident occurred throughout the twentieth over (19.2), when he once more didn’t hand over the ball to the umpires, amounting to repeated failure to adjust to the directions or directives of the umpires. David admitted to the offence and accepted the Match Referee’s sanction,” the IPL mentioned in a launch.
“Hardik Pandya, Captain, MI, has been fined for sustaining a sluggish over-rate. As this was his workforce’s first offence of the season below Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, he has been fined INR 12 lakhs,” it added.
With the match happening well past the scheduled finish time, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru finally emerged the winner, defeating mumbai by 18 runs.