Bhinder was seen using a mobile handset during the Rajasthan Royals-Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) match in Guwahati on April 10. He was near the dugout, and it remains a matter of contention whether he was technically within it. In images that later surfaced, he was seated in front of a refrigerator, with the teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi beside him, also looking at the phone.