Tim David suspended for RCB's IPL 2027 opener after ice-bag incident with umpire

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• Tim David will miss Royal Challengers Bengaluru's opening match of IPL 2027 after being handed a one-game suspension for throwing an ice bag towards umpire Nitin Menon during the IPL 2026 final against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
• The IPL announced on Monday that David had been fined 50 percent of his match fee and handed two demerit points for a Level 1 offence.
• The Australian was found guilty of violating Article 2.9 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which deals with throwing a ball or any other item of cricket equipment at or near a player, team official, umpire, match referee, or any other person in an inappropriate or dangerous manner during a match.
• The incident took place in the 10th over of the first innings.
• According to the IPL, David reacted to the fall of a wicket by throwing an ice...