Hardik Pandya, the captain of Mumbai Indians, has been banned for one match due to his team’s slow over rate against Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium. Since MI has already played their last match of IPL 2024, Hardik will miss the first match of the next season. If he transfers to another team, he’ll sit out that team’s first game instead.
This IPL season was a tough one for MI and Hardik pandeya banned for this session . It was the third time MI failed to maintain the minimum over rate, leading to a one-match ban for Hardik and a fine of INR 30 lakhs. The rest of the playing XII, including the Impact Player, were each fined either INR 12 lakhs or 50% of their match fees, whichever was less.
In their final game, an 18-run loss to LSG, MI ended the season with only four wins out of 14 games, placing them at the bottom of the points table. Hardik, who had been traded in before the season and had taken over the captaincy from Rohit Sharma, faced continuous boos from the Wankhede crowd. His performance on the field was underwhelming, scoring 216 runs with an average of 18.00 and a strike rate of 143.04, and taking 11 wickets with an economy rate of 10.75.
MI head coach Mark Boucher admitted that off-field issues might have affected Hardik and contributed to the team’s poor performance.
