Rohit Sharma was fined for slow over rate.
Mumbai, The 15th (IPL 15) season of IPL has started. At the very beginning of the IPL, Mumbai Indians had to face defeat in their very first match. An exciting match was played between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals on Sunday. Delhi won this match by 4 wickets.
There was a time when it seemed that Mumbai would easily win this match. But, the players of Delhi gave a crushing defeat to Mumbai. After this defeat, the dream of Mumbai Indians to start with a victory was also shattered. Mumbai Indians have got a bad news after the defeat. Actually, the trouble of Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has increased. Rohit Sharma was fined for slow over rate.
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Recently, the IPL issued a statement giving information about this. IPL has said in its statement, “Mumbai Indians showed slow over rate against Delhi Capitals. This was the team’s first offense of the season so Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma was fined Rs 12 lakh.
Talking about the match, Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel of Delhi Capitals gave their team victory by sharing an amazing partnership of 75 runs in five overs. Chasing a target of 178 runs, Delhi’s team was struggling after scoring 104 for six in the 14th over. But Lalit and Akshar took the responsibility from here and took their team’s score to 179 runs in 18.2 overs.
Let us tell you that Mumbai Indians are going to play their second match against Rajasthan Royals on April 2. This match will be played at DY Patil Stadium.