Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma has been fined 15 percent of his match fee after a breach of the Code of Co💦nduct in their game against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Ed⛄en Gardens on Sunday.
Rohit, who was given out leg before wicket (LBW) in the fourth over of Mumbai’s run-chase, hit the stumps with his bat after being adjudged. He has been charged under Level 1 of 2.2 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct.
“Sharma admitted to the Level 1 offence 2.2 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction,” the IPL said in a statement.
With his team chasing a mammoth target of 233 to 🌄win and enhance their chances of making it to the play-offs, Rohit looked in good touch before he completely missed a Harry Gurney delivery which hit his back leg.
The umpire ruled him out and Rohit opted for a DRS. The decision, however, was upheld as the hawk-eye showed that the ball Would have clipped the top of the leg-stump and it was an umpire’s call.
Rohit was visibly upset and knocked off the bails at the non-striker’s end. He also had a couple of words with the umpire while walking back to the pavilion.
Mumbai went on to lose the ga꧑me by 34 runs in the end, despite a blistering knock from Hardik Pandya, and have 14 points from 12 games. They play their last two matches of the league stage at home, against KKR and Sunrisers⛄ Hyderabad.
The MI skipper was earlier fined Rs 12 lakh for his team’s slow over-rate against Kings XI Punjab.
