Rohit Sharma, the captain of Mumbai Indians has been fined a whopping price of Rs 12 lakh for a slow over-rate during their game against Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2021 in Chennai on Tuesday. In a recent statement released by the IPL, it stated that it was their first offence this season under the Code of Conduct of IPL that relates to minimum over-rate offences.

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However, for the second time offence during the season, the fine will be doubled (Rs 24 lakh) for the captain and if it happens for the third time, the captain will be banned for a game and the rest of the side would be fined Rs 12 lakh or 50 per cent of the match fee as well.

Earlier, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni has also faced a fine after their campaign opener against Delhi Capitals as well.

The rules related to the IPL Code of Conduct are: “The over-rate will be calculated at the end of the Match by the Umpires. Where the actual over rate is calculated by the Umpires as being equal to or in excess of the Minimum Over Rate, no further action shall be taken. No further action shall be taken in respect of Minimum Over Rates in a Match in the event of the batting Team being bowled out within the time determined for that innings under the Match Playing Conditions.”

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However, Delhi Capitals won against Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets. After the defeat, Rohit Sharma said: “After the start we got we should have batted better in the middle overs. It is happening time and again. We aren’t able to capitalize on our starts and we need to understand as a batting unit. But you have to give credit to the Delhi bowlers, they kept it tight and kept taking wickets. We knew dew would come in but we have seen that it’s not all that difficult to grip the ball in the last few games. Dew isn’t the factor, we need to play smart cricket to win games which we didn’t do today. [On his injury] It’s only a niggle. It should be fine.”