Rohit Sharma fined half of match fees for demonstrating question
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| Rohit Sharma fined half of match fees for demonstrating question |
Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians captain, has been fined half of his match charges for a Level 1 rupture of the Code of Conduct, the IPL representing body declared on Tuesday (April 25). The MI batting backbone was punished after his show of contradiction against the on-field umpire's choice to flag a wide in the last over of the match against Rising Pune Supergiant.
Amid MI's pursuit of 161 at the Wankhede stadium, Rohit had strolled over the stumps to a Jaydev Unadkat conveyance that was rocked the bowling alley well outside the off-stump and in the long run chose to allow the ball to sit unbothered. Umpire S Ravi, be that as it may, did not pronounce it a wide, much to the overwhelm of the MI commander, who was seen having a long discussion with the umpires. [ Full Scorecard ]
This was Rohit's second infraction in IPL 2017, having prior couldn't help contradicting the umpire's choice amid the match against Kolkata Knight Riders a long time back. At that point, the MI commander was let off with a decry by the match arbitrator.