India, April 17 -- Rajasthan Royals manager Romi Bhinder was cleared of any corrupt wrong doing by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)'s Anti-corruption unit (ACSU) following an investigation for using a mobile phone in the team dugout area during RR's match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Guwahati on April 10.

Having violated the rule book for using the phone in Players and Match Officials Areas (PMOA), Bhinder has been handed a nominal fine of Rs. 1 lakh and issued a warning. A decision to this effect has been conveyed to the franchise, it is learnt.

The offense was seen to have been committed inadvertently when Bhinder had to sort out a sponsorship matter in the dugout area, to attend to which he used the mo...