Mumbai Indians (MI) star all-rounder Kieron Pollard has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at an on-field umpire’s decision during the IPL 2019 final against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Pollard, who was the innings top-scorer for MI (41 not out) as his team managed to post a fighting total on the scoreboard, threw his bat in air and took the strike at tramlines before walking across further to leave the pitch after a wide-ball decision didn’t go his way.
ജThe 32-year-old was visibly annoyed by an umpiring howler and in tense situation came up with own way to deal with the 💜problem.
In the final over, Dwayne Bravo bowled two consecutive deliveries wide outside the tramlines. While Pollard walked across to 🌊play the first ball, he let the other ball ♔go despite not moving across.
On-field umpire Nitin Menon deemed both the deliveries to be legal which infuriated Pollard and the latter ended up thrꦰowing his bat in the air to show his annoyance.
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Later, both the on-field umpires, Menon and Ian Gould, had a chat with Pollard who went on to his normal stance and completed th💝e innings, guiding MI to 149/8 which they successfu🐠lly defended to lift the IPL 2019 trophy.
Foll🉐owing the end of t🅘he thrilling encounter, which MI won by just one run, IPL released a statement.
“Kieron Pollard, the Mumbai Indians all-rounder, was fined 25% of his match fee for showing dissent at an Umpire’s decision during the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 Final in Hyderabad. Mr Pollard admitted to the Level 1 offence 2.8 of the IPL Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials and accepted the sanction,” read the statement.
