Rohit Sharma fined 24 lakhs for maintaining a slow over-rate; MI suffers yet another defeat
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Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians captain, was fined Rs 24 lakh for slow over-rate while playing their fifth match against the Punjab Kings on Wednesday, April 13 at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
An official IPL release stated:
“The Mumbai Indians have been fined after they maintained a slow over-rate during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 match against Punjab Kings at the MCA Stadium, Pune on April 13.”
“This was the team’s second offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma was fined Rs 24 lakhs and the rest of the members in the playing eleven were fined Rs 6 lakhs or 25 percent of their match fee, whichever is lower.”
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“We’ve been not playing good cricket for a while”- Rohit Sharma
In MI’s earlier match against the Delhi Capitals, Rohit Sharma was fined Rs12 lakh for the same reason on March 27. In this match against the PBKS, Mumbai Indians were on a losing side and it was their fifth consecutive defeat. The five-time champions are the only team that haven’t won a single match in IPL 2022.
Reflecting on another defeat, Rohit Sharma admitted that their side aren’t playing good cricket for a while.
“We’ve been not playing good cricket for a while and that’s why we’ve been on the losing side, simple as that. The Kings batted pretty well upfront and put pressure on our bowlers, got a 90-100 run partnership to begin with. But I thought 190+ was chaseable on that pitch because that pitch was really good to bat on as you saw when we were batting as well. We just have to go back and see what we do as a team.”
Mumbai Indians will lock-horns with Lucknow Super Giants at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on April 16.
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