IPL 2021 / Rohit Sharma fined for mumbai indians slow over rate against Delhi Capitals

The Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets in the IPL 2021 match played on Tuesday. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma suffered another major setback with the loss in this match. Rohit has been fined 12 lakhs for slow over rate in the match played against Delhi. Significantly, in IPL 14, Mumbai has got the second defeat in four matches and the team is at number four with four points.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 21, 2021, 08:33 AM
IPL 2021 | The Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets in the IPL 2021 match played on Tuesday. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma suffered another major setback with the loss in this match. Rohit has been fined 12 lakhs for slow over rate in the match played against Delhi. Significantly, in IPL 14, Mumbai has got the second defeat in four matches and the team is at number four with four points.

According to the Crick Buzz website, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has been fined 12 lakhs for the slow over rate as per the IPL guidelines. He was fined for the first time due to his team not bowling in the stipulated time. If he makes this mistake for the second time this season, he will be fined 24 lakhs. Apart from this, the players of his team will be fined 25 per cent of the match fees, which will be less than 6 lakhs.

Winning the toss in the match played on Tuesday, Mumbai batting first scored 137 runs, losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. For Mumbai, Rohit Sharma scored the highest innings of 44 runs. For Delhi, Amit Mishra took four wickets for 24 runs, putting on great ganja. Apart from Mishra, Avesh Khan took two wickets for 15 runs and Lalit Yadav took one wicket for 17 runs in four overs. Pant's Delhi team achieved the target of 138 runs with 5 balls to spare. The bat of opener Shikhar Dhawan once again came and he played a crucial innings of 45 runs. Apart from him, Steve Smith contributed 33 runs.