Souring the celebrations of having defended their title, Royal Challengers’ Bengaluru batter Tim David has been fined 50% of his match fee and has also accumulated two Demerit Points for breaching Level 1 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials during the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 final against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
This was David’s third Level 1 offence of the season, having committed his first offence in Match 20 (one Demerit Point) and his second offence in Match (two Demerit Points). 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.
RCB all-rounder Tim David again penalized for breaching Level 1 of IPL’s code of conduct
David was found to have breached Article 2.9 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which relates to “throwing a ball (or any other item of cricket equipment such as a water bottle) at or near a Player, Team Official, Umpire, Match Referee or any other third person in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner during a Match.”
The incident occurred during the 10th over of the first innings when, following the fall of a wicket, David threw an ice bag aggressively in the direction of umpire Nitin Menon.
David admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction imposed by the Match Referee, Javagal Srinath.
