Tim David copped the suspension and fine for an incident related to umpire Nitin Menon.
GT was asked to bat first by RCB captain Rajat Patidar, who won the toss, and they scored 155/8 with Washington Sundar top-scoring with 50*. In response, Virat Kohli made 75*, guiding RCB to a win by 5 wickets and making RCB IPL champions for the second year in a row.
“The IPL announced on Monday that David had been fined 50 percent of his match fee and handed two demerit points for a Level 1 offence. The Australian was found guilty of violating Article 2.9 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which deals with throwing a ball or any other item of cricket equipment at or near a player, team official, umpire, match referee, or any other person inappropriately or dangerously during a match,” IPL said in a statement.
The incident that got David suspended happened in the 10th over of the GT innings. The IPL claims that David violently threw an ice bag at umpire Nitin Menon after a wicket fell. David acknowledged the infraction and agreed to the penalty that Javagal Srinath, the match referee, imposed.
While the immediate penalty was a fine and two demerit points, the breach carried greater consequences because it was David's third Level 1 offense of the season. He had previously been docked one demerit point in Match 20 and two more in Match 54.
“He has now accumulated five Demerit Points, which result in a one-game suspension. Accordingly, he will be suspended for RCB’s first game of the next IPL season or the first game of the franchise he represents in IPL 2027,” the statement read.
Disciplinary action against one of the team's main batters has dampened RCB's celebrations of winning the championship, as David is expected to start the upcoming campaign sidelined.
(IPL inputs)