For “disobeying an umpire’s instruction” during the IPL encounter against the Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder Tim David was fined 25% of his match fees and handed one demerit point on Monday.
David was found guilty of violating Level 1 of the IPL’s code of conduct for players and team personnel and Hardik Pandya, the captain of the Mumbai Indians, was also punished for maintaining a slow over-rate.
David was deemed to have violated Article 2.4 of the IPL’s code of conduct, the IPL said in a statement.
After the RCB’s innings took little over two hours to complete, Pandya was fined.
“Hardik Pandya, Captain, MI, has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate. As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, he has been fined Rs 12 lakhs,” the IPL said.
In fact, both teams’ players took multiple breaks during the match due to the heat and humidity. The second inning ended in two hours and four minutes, compared to two hours and one minute for the first.
During RCB’s innings, David allegedly failed to turn the ball over to the umpires twice. During that time, the big Australian hit a rapid 16-ball 34 not out with three sixes and two fours.
“The first incident occurred when the umpires changed the ball during the 18th over (17.2) of RCB’s batting innings. He wanted to have a look at the ball and did not hand it over despite being repeatedly asked to do so,” the IPL said.
“The second incident occurred during the 20th over (19.2), when he again did not hand over the ball to the umpires, amounting to repeated failure to comply with the instructions or directives of the umpires,” the IPL said, adding that David has admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction.
