Mumbai, April 13 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Tim David has been fined25 per cent of his match fee and has also accumulated one Demerit Point for breaching Level 1of the IPL's Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials during Match No. 20 againstMumbai Indians (MI) here at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday night.
David was found to have breached Article 2.4 of the IPL's Code of Conduct, which relates to "disobeying an umpire's instruction during a match."The first incident occurred when the umpires changed the ball during the 18th over (17.2) of RCB's batting innings. He wanted to have a look at the ball and did not hand it over despitebeing repeatedly asked to do so.
The second incident occurred during the 20th over (19.2...