Mumbai Indians' wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has been reprimanded and fined 10 per cent of his match fees for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on Saturday.
Kishan committed a Level 1 offence under Article 2.2 of the IPL's Code of Conduct. He admitted to the offence and accepted the Match Referee's sanction. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee's decision is final and binding.
In the match, Jake Fraser-McGurk's powerful knock, followed by Rasikh Dar Salam, Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed's supercharged pace attack helped Delhi Capitals (DC) defeat Mumbai Indians by 10 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match here at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.
Rasikh was the pick for the home side, he came on as an impact sub and picked up 3 for 34 in this high-scoring affair while Mukesh also returned with a three-wicket haul. For MI, Tilak Varma scored 63 runs while skipper Hardik Pandya scored 46 for MI.
Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan started Mumbai's chase fearlessly dealing in boundaries. In the second over of the game, Khaleel Ahmed was hammered by the duo for 14 runs, which included three consecutive boundaries from Kishan.
Khaleel provided Delhi Capitals with their first wicket as he dismissed Rohit Sharma for 8. Rohit tried to steal a boundary but mistimed it properly as the ball straight went into the hands of Shai Hope at the mid-off.
In the fifth over, Mukesh