Kolkata, April 3 Sunrisers Hyderabad vice-captain Abhishek Sharma has been fined 25 per cent of his match fees and has also accumulated one demerit point for violating the IPL Code of Conduct during his team's IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders here.
He admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.3 and accepted the match referee's sanction.
For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the match referee's decision is final and binding.
He scored 48 runs off 21 deliveries to get SRH off to a strong start in the powerplay.
SRH registered their first win of IPL 2026, with a convincing 65-run victory, with Abhishek playing his part with the bat, hitting four fours and as many sixes.
However, he was sanctioned for showing dissent after TV umpire Nitin Menon's decision regarding a catch taken by Varun Chakaravarthy off Blessing Muzarabani in the ninth over, but there seemed to be no conclusive evidence that the catch was taken cleanly.
But Menon ruled the catch to be legal, which the batter disagreed with and expressed his disappointment while walking off.
