Tim David was fined 25 per cent of his match fees for disobeying umpire’s instructions to hand over the ball. | Photo Credit: PTI

Royal Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder Tim David was on Monday fined 25 per cent of his match fee and docked one demerit point for “disobeying an umpire’s instruction” during the IPL game against Mumbai Indians.

David was guilty of breaching Level 1 of IPL’s code of conduct for players and team officials, while Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya was also fined for maintaining slow over-rate.

The IPL said in a statement that David was found to have breached the Article 2.4 of the IPL’s code of conduct.

Pandya was fined after RCB’s innings took a little over two hours to finish.

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“Hardik Pandya, Captain, MI, has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate. As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, he has been fined Rs 12 lakhs,” the IPL said.

In fact, the contest had players from both teams taking several pauses amid hot and humid conditions. While the first innings ended in two hours and one minute, the second innings finished in two hours and four minutes.

David is said to have not handed over the ball to the umpires twice during RCB’s innings in which the burly Australian scored a quick 16-ball 34 not out with three sixes and two fours.

“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 despite being repeatedly asked to do so,” the IPL said.

“The second incident occurred during the 20th over (19.2), when he again did not hand over the ball to the umpires, amounting to repeated failure to comply with the instructions or directives of the umpires,” the IPL said, adding that David has admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction.

Published on Apr 13, 2026