Mumbai Mukesh Kumar, a seamer for the Delhi Capitals, was given ten percent of his match costs and one demerit point for violating the IPL Code of Conduct during Wednesday’s encounter between his club and the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Mukesh Kumar accepted the match referee’s penalty after acknowledging committing the Level 1 offense of abusing cricket gear, apparel, ground equipment, or fixtures and fittings during a match under Article 2.2. The IPL statement said that the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding for Level 1 violations of the Code of Conduct.

In 11 of DC’s 13 games this season, Mukesh has taken 11 wickets at an average of 32.63 and an economy rate of 10.11.

On Wednesday, Mukesh had a difficult day with the ball, ending with figures of 2 for 48 after giving up three sixes and five boundaries in his four-over performance. Suryakumar Yadav and Naman Dhir led MI to a commanding 180 in the first innings, but he lost 27 runs in his most costly over in the 19th, which was 6, 1, 4, 6, 6, 4.

During DC’s chase, he was subsequently replaced by impact player KL Rahul, but the visitors fell to 121 all out. Vipraj Nigam (20) and Sameer Rizvi (39), both uncapped, were the only batsmen to score more than 20.

In front of their home fans at Wankhede Stadium, MI outscored DC by 59 runs to secure the last spot in the qualifiers, which had just one spot left.

While DC lost out on a knockout position with a defeat, the Mumbai Indians have won the last playoff spot in the TATA IPL 2025 with this victory, joining the Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Punjab Kings in the knockout round.