Overview
- Pollard was fined Friday following Mumbai's win over Punjab Kings, losing 15% of his match fee and receiving one demerit point.
- The IPL said he breached Article 2.3 for using an audible obscenity toward the fourth umpire in the 19th over at Dharamsala.
- He admitted the offence and accepted a Level 1 penalty from match referee Pankaj Dharmani.
- The incident unfolded during a tense chase of 201 that Mumbai clinched off the penultimate ball through Tilak Varma's unbeaten 75.
- The case sits within a string of 2026 code-of-conduct rulings, and under IPL rules accumulated demerit points can lead to stronger sanctions.