India, May 22 -- Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee and handed one demerit point for abuse of cricket equipment after he forcefully knocked the bails of the wicket during a frustrating spell in the IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Pandya was found to have breached Level 1 of the Code as he "knocked the bails of the wicket with force while walking back to his run-up" during the match that MI lost by four wickets at the Eden Gardens here on Wednesday.

KKR chased down the target of 148 with seven balls to spare, and Pandya returned wicketless from his two overs while conceding 13 runs.

"Hardik Pandya was found to have breached Article 2.2 of the IPL's Code of Conduct, which pertains to...