Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma was fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during the Indian Premier League game against Delhi Capitals in Chennai.
Experienced leg-spinner Amit Mishra (4/24) spun his web around the Mumbai Indians batsman to restrict them to sub-par 137/9 and Delhi chased the target with six wickets and five balls to spare on Tuesday.
“Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during their IPL 2021 match against Delhi Capitals at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on April 20,” the IPL said in a statement.
“As it was his team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences, Mr Sharma was fined Rs 12 lakh,” the statement added.
A third offence in the same season will lead to the captain being banned for a match and fined Rs 30 lakh.
Mumbai were restricted to 137 for 9 in their quota of 20 overs despite Rohit winning the toss and opting to bat. Leg-spinner Amit Mishra picked up 4 wickets and ran through the middle order to hurt the defending champions. Mumbai took the game until the final over but handy contributions from Shikhar Dhawan and Steve Smith made sure Delhi Capitals registered their first win over MI since 2019.
The IPL organisers took note of matches slipping beyond the scheduled finish time in the last few seasons and made sure they came up with strict regulations when it came to over-rates.
According to IPL 2021 Code of Conduct, the minimum over-rate in the 14th season should be 14.1 overs per hour, ignoring the time taken for strategic time-outs. In uninterrupted matches, the BCCI wants teams to finish bowling their quota of 20 overs within 90 minutes.
