The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has fined Tim David for his misconduct in the IPL 2026 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians match played at the Wankhede stadium on April 12.

 

The right-handed batter has been penalized with 25% of his match fees for violating Article 2.4 of the IPL Code of Conduct, pertaining to disobedience to a lawful direction from an umpire. He has also been handed one demerit point. David pleaded guilty to the offense and accepted the sanction from the match referee.

 

"David has been fined 25% of his match fee and has also accumulated one Demerit Point for breaching Level 1 of the IPL's Code of Conduct, stated an official IPL release.

 

Tussle With an Umpire has Led to Penalty

 

The said incident happened during RCB's batting inning when Hardik Pandya was bowling the 18th over and Tim David smashed the bowler for a maximum. But as soon as the ball traveled distance, the umpires replaced the ball because it reached the boundary.

 

When a new ball was brought into the ground, David started playing with it and kept the ball with himself, when the on-field umpires Virender Sharma and Swaroopanand Kannur told him to give the ball, but they made repeat requests before he finally gave the ball away with a warning. This did not go well with experts as well as fans for his on-field antics.

 

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Hardik Pandya Also Fined for Slow Over-Rate

 

In the same match, MI skipper Hardik Pandya was also handed a fine for slow over rate as this was his team's first offense this season and was fined Rs 12 lakh. RCB Skipper Rajat Patidar faced no penalty.

 

The high-scoring encounter which ended the game lasting 4h 22m, being the longest game in IPL 2026. RCB put up a mammoth total of 240/4 and were led by half centuries by Virat Kohli, Phil Salt and Rajat Patidar. A valuable 34* of just 16 balls was played by David.

 

MI's batting struggled on its turn and was restricted to 222, despite an unbeaten knock of 71 runs of just 49 balls by Sherfane Rutherford.