CLT20: Rohit Sharma reprimanded, handed suspended fine

File Photo: Rohit Sharma

Jaipur - Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma was reprimanded and handed a $1,000 suspended fine for breaching the Champions League Twenty20 Code of Conduct during the match against Highveld Lions at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here.

Sharma, in the wee hours of Saturday, admitted to the Level 1 offence (Section 1 – A1) of conduct contrary to the spirit of the game.

Hardus Viljoen of the Lions also was reprimanded for breaching the Code of Conduct. Viljoen also admitted to the Level 1 offence (Section 1 – A1/A2) of conduct contrary to the spirit of the game.

The two players got into a confrontation, last night, when Sharma collided into the bolwer Viljoen, who stood in the batsman’s way while the batsmen took off for a run. That led to a heated verbal exchange between the two players, that needed the umpires, the Lions captain Alviro Petersen and the non-striker Dwayne Smith to intervene and calm things down.