Tim David gets punished for disobeying umpire, Hardik Pandya fined for Code of Conduct breach in MI vs RCB game

Tim David, batter, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), has been fined 25% of his match fee and has also accumulated one demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials during Match No. 20 against Mumbai Indians (MI).

David was found to have breached Article 2.4 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which relates to “disobeying an umpire’s instruction during a match.”

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 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.

David admitted to the offence and accepted the match referee’s sanction.

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 INR 12 lakh.

“We conceded way too many runs. In the last couple of games, as a bowling unit and as a batting unit, we have been catching up. Really need to reflect on what’s best we can do and how we can get the momentum we require. A lot of things need a rethink. But we have to see other options we can have with the bat and the ball. We need to still bat well and bowl well. If you do that, irrespective of the toss (we should be fine),” Hardik said during the post-match party.

“We are speaking about and talking about how to get some momentum in the powerplay. We are trying to catch up (in batting and bowling). We will see what we can do in the next game. (On Rutherford) When we got him, it was always exciting for us, we knew the potential and power he has. The way he batted, it gives us extra cushion and confidence (if we want to make any changes),” the MI captain added.