It looks like troubles are not going to end for Hardik Pandya and the Mumbai Indians. After facing their 7th defeat of the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya, along with all the members of the playing 11, were fined as his team maintained slow over rate in the match. This was the second offense of the team in this ongoing season; therefore, Hardik was slapped with a fine of Rs 24 lakh, whereas each member of the playing team got a fine of Rs 6 lakh as a penalty.
The Indian Premier League statement read, Mr. Hardik Pandya, who is the captain of the Mumbai Indians, has been fine after his team maintained a low over rate during the match 48 of the Indian Premier League season 2024 against Lucknow super joints at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee cricket stadium in Lucknow on April 30, 2024.”
The statement further added that this was the second friend of his team for the season 2024; therefore, under the IPL code of conduct, which is related to the minimum over-rate offense, Pandya got fined Rs 24 lakh.
The rest of the members of the playing 11, including the impact player, were fined either Rs 6 lakh or 25% of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser.“
The Mumbai Indians gave another disappointing performance on Tuesday as they got restricted to 144 for 7 after being asked to bat first. KL Rahul Hardik Pandya, who was pictured as the vice captain of the Indian cricket team for the T20 World Cup earlier in the day, made his wicked first-ball duck, while the captain of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma, also failed to make a mark as he scored only 4 runs in 5 deliveries.
The Mumbai Indians have had a poor season as they are grabbing off-field controversies and on-field challenges. While looking at the struggle of their newly appointed captain, Hardik Pandya, who is suffering from form issues both with bat and ball, In 10 matches, the all-rounder has managed to secure only 6 wickets, with an economy rate going to 11 further adding to the struggle of the Mumbai Indians.
With the bat, Hardik is yet to score even a century, as he has scored only 197 runs in the on-going season of the IPL in 10 innings at a strike rate of 150.38.
