Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma was fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during Sunday's Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
"Since it was his first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Mr. Sharma was fined Rs 12 lakh," read a statement from the tournament organisers on Monday.
Rohit led from the front, scoring a 15-ball 42 as Mumbai Indians recorded their first win of the season at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The former champions produced a clinical performance to beat their hosts by 18 runs in a high-scoring affair.
This happened after Mumbai were pushed to the wall after four successive defeats.
In fact, Mumbai was the only team which had not opened its account on the points table till Sunday, having suffered back-to-back defeats to defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings.
Mumbai were in a similar situation even last season, losing all their five matches in the early stage, but roared back to form winning almost all games before bowing out to Chennai in the semi-finals.
Image: Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma
Photo: BCCI
