1 hour ago
2
ARTICLE AD BOX
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Tim David has been fined 50 per cent of his lucifer interest and suspended for 1 lucifer aft breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during RCB's five-wicket triumph implicit Gujarat Titans successful the IPL 2026 last astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium connected Sunday.David, who scored 24 runs disconnected 17 balls successful the final, was recovered blameworthy of violating Article 2.9 of the Code of Conduct, which relates to “throwing a shot (or immoderate different point of cricket instrumentality specified arsenic a h2o bottle) astatine oregon adjacent a Player, Team Official, Umpire, Match Referee oregon immoderate different 3rd idiosyncratic successful an inappropriate and/or unsafe mode during a Match.”
The incidental took spot during the 10th implicit of Gujarat Titans' innings.
After a wicket fell, David threw an crystal container successful the absorption of on-field umpire Nitin Menon. Match Referee Javagal Srinath imposed the punishment aft David admitted the offence and accepted the sanction.It was David's 3rd Level 1 offence of the season. He had earlier received 1 demerit constituent successful Match 20 and 2 demerit points successful Match 54. The latest breach added different 2 demerit points, taking his full to five.
Under IPL regulations, a subordinate who accumulates 5 demerit points receives a one-match suspension. As a result, David volition miss the opening lucifer of IPL 2027, whether helium plays for RCB oregon different franchise adjacent season.The Australian batter finished IPL 2026 with 305 runs from 16 matches and was portion of the RCB broadside that successfully defended its title.RCB's triumph implicit Gujarat Titans made them lone the 3rd squad successful IPL past to clasp the trophy aft Chennai Super Kings (2010 and 2011) and Mumbai Indians (2019 and 2020). The Bengaluru franchise besides became the 4th squad to triumph aggregate IPL titles, joining Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, who person 5 titles each, and Kolkata Knight Riders, who person won three.RCB skipper Rajat Patidar besides entered the grounds books by becoming the archetypal skipper to triumph the IPL successful each of his archetypal 2 seasons arsenic captain. He is lone the 3rd skipper to unafraid back-to-back IPL titles aft MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma.
