As it was the Mumbai Indians’ first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences, their captain Rohit Sharma was fined Rs 12 lakh
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Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma was fined INR 12 lakh for maintaining slow over rate in the IPL 2022 fixture against Delhi Capitals at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians lost the match by four-wicket, adding to their losing run in the opening IPL contest, since 2013.
Under the IPL code of conduct, the Mumbai Indians captain was fined, as it was the first-time offence for the franchise in the ongoing season.
“The Mumbai Indians have been fined after they maintained a slow over rate during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 match against Delhi Capitals at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on March 27,” an official media statement said.
“As it was the team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma was fined Rs 12 lakhs,” the statement added.
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A late surge from Lalit Yadav (48 not out) and Axar Patel (38 not out) guided Delhi Capitals to a four-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2022 contest at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Chasing a target of 178 runs on a quick outfield, Delhi Capitals openers Prithvi Shaw (38) and Tim Seifert (21) forged a 30-run opening stand, before the latter was sent packing.
Shaw, however, continued to anchor the innings in his 24 ball stay which saw him hit four boundaries and two sixes. He, however, failed to find support on the other end as — Mandeep Singh (0) and Rishabh Pant (1) — were sent back cheaply before the opener lost his wicket.
Unperturbed by the dismissals, middle-order batter Lalit Yadav paced his innings beautifully, as he exchanged strikes and hit the odd balls to the boundary to maintain the scoring rate.
Yadav also found support in Shardul Thakur (22 off 11 deliveries) and Patel as he changed gears towards the end to help Delhi Capitals march towards victory. His unbeaten innings of 38 deliveries was laced with four boundaries and two hits over the fence.
Patel, meanwhile, took the attack on his opponents from the word go as he slammed two boundaries and three sixes in his 17-ball undefeated innings.
Mumbai Indians medium pacer Basil Thampi was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up three crucial scalps but ended up on the losing side. He failed to find support from pace-ace Jasprit Bumrah who went wicketless in the match.
Earlier, opener Ishan Kishan (81 not out) played a whirlwind knock to take Mumbai Indians to 177/5 against Delhi Capitals. Asked to bat, the opening pair of Rohit (41) and Kishan forged a stand of 67 runs on a quick outfield with shorter boundaries. The Mumbai Indians captain smashed four boundaries and two hits over the top in his 32-ball innings.
