Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for showing dissent after his dismissal against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Sunday (April 28).

After being given out LBW in the fourth over of MI innings, Rohit hit the stumps with his bat at the non-striker's end, breaching the Indian Premier League's code of conduct.

Rohit has admitted to the Level 1 offence 2.2 of the IPL's code of conduct and also accepted the sanction.

"Mr. Sharma admitted to the Level 1 offence 2.2 of the IPL's Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction," an IPL release said.

Chasing KKR’s mammoth target of 233, Rohit (12 off 9 balls) played a couple of sumptuous strokes before he misread a Harry Gurney delivery which hit his back leg. While the umpire had no hesitation in ruling the batsman out, Rohit opted for DRS, which upheld the field official's decision.

After Sharma’s dismissal, MI suffered a collapse. Although Hardik Pandya’s 34-ball 91 kept the visiting team in the contest, Mumbai eventually fell 34-run short of the target.

Earlier in the season, Rohit was fined Rs 12 lakh for his team’s slow over-rate against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali.

(With PTI inputs)