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Pune: Team India skipper Rohit Sharma, who has been blazing trails on the cricket pitch, has reportedly been slapped with multiple fines after being found guilty of rash driving on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway recently, according to reports from sources. The incident took place when the Men In Blue captain was on his way to join the Indian squad that’s currently practicing in Pune for the next fixture against Bangladesh in the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.
According to a report, Rohit was fined three times after traffic officials found him overspeeding. The 36-year-old batsman reportedly drove his Lamborghini car around 200 km. Were driving at the speed of one hour. At one time Rohit covered 215 km. The speed per hour had also been achieved. Although, the date of this incident has not been revealed yet, but it is being estimated that this incident took place on Monday or Tuesday, earlier this week.
Rohit Sharma issued 3 challans for overspeeding at the Mumbai-Pune highway.
He was crossing 200kmph while driving. (Pune Mirror). pic.twitter.com/52ghlg7b3m
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 18, 2023
Traffic police officials worried about Mr Sharma speeding on the highway and suggested him to travel in a team bus with a police escort. Multiple reports claims that while Rohit had reached Pune with his Team India teammates, he returned to his family in Mumbai on Monday, which was a rest day for the cricketers.
The Mumbai–Pune Expressway is a 6-lane highway between two major cities in the state of Maharashtra. It covers a total distance of approximately 94 kilometers and was opened for public use in 2002. While on one hand it has significantly reduced the travel-time between the two cities, it has also seen several unfortunate incidents where people have been seriously injured and some have even died. Recently, some cases surfaces, where people lost their lives due to high speed or reckless driving.
Mr Sharma is the fourth-top run-scorer in the tournament with 217 runs at an average of 72.33 in three matches. He smashed two records in the match against Afghanistan: most sixes hit by a player across all three formats and most centuries scored by a single player in ODI World Cup history.
Team India will play their fourth match in the ongoing World Cup today, against Bangladesh at Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium.
