The Indian captain of Mumbai Indians, the owner of the Indian Premier League franchise, Hardik Pandya has been banned from the upcoming game against Lucknow Super Giants. MI have already played their last game of IPL 2024, so they won’t be able to feature in the opening match of the next season, which makes Hardik’s absence all the more notable.
To illustrate, should Hardik leave this team for the following season, he will not be able to see the opening match of the team in question.
The third time of IPL was this Mumbai Indians that we have been proving to have that we were still not keeping the minimum over rate. Followed by the decision, Hardik was sanctioned a one-match penalty and also imposed a fine of INR 30 lakhs. Besides, the rest of the members of the playing XI, including the Impact player were also set free either INR 12 lakhs or 50% of their individual match fees, whichever is lower.
The season of MI and Hardik shall be etched on their minds as one they would like to let go all past. Having endured a crushing 18-run defeat at the hands of LSG, MI concluded the tournament having amassed only four victories out of 14 games, and finished in the last place on the rankings. Rohit Sharma, who was the captain before, stepped down and gave Hardik a chance in the preseason trade and thus Hardik became the captain of the team throughout the tournament, He was also booed by the Wankhede Stadium crowd during the tournament. He was a master when it came to that, as he mustered up 216 runs at the rate of 18. He amassed 2348 runs in 19 Tests which includes a century strike rate of 143. 04. While off he had taken 11 wickets using more sparing runs of 0. 85 per over. 75.
Just like Boucher, MI’s head coach, and Hardik, a player, said that the off-field noise is the reason behind their team’s unbalanced performance and the unsteadiness of their levels.
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