India, April 13 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) hard-hitter Tim David has been slapped with a fine for his antics in the IPL 2026 match against the Mumbai Indians on April 13, Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium. David has copped a 25% fine of his match fee and accumulated one demerit point for breaching the Level 1 of IPL's Code of Conduct  for Players and Team Officials during the match.

What prompted the stakeholders to fine Tim David?

The fine for David relates to the incident that grabbed eyeballs during RCB's batting innings. The incident occurred in the 18th over of the innings when the umpire decided to change the ball, which had supposedly gone out of shape after David hit Hardik Pandya's delivery for a maximum. With David...