Hardik Pandya News: Hardik Pandya, the captain of the Mumbai Indians, was likewise quite disappointed at the end of the 2024 IPL. The Mumbai Indians suffered an 18-run defeat at the hands of the Lucknow Supergiants in the 67th match of IPL 2024 on Friday. This was Mumbai’s 10th defeat in the current season, and they remained last in the points table.
The disappointment of the Mumbai Indians camp increased further when captain Hardik Pandya was suspended for one match and fined Rs 30 lakh. Actually, against the Lucknow Supergiants, the Mumbai Indians did not bowl their 20 overs on time. This means that Mumbai violated the IPL code of conduct and had to suffer a bad result due to the slow overrate.
By the way, captain Hardik Pandya was suspended and fined Rs 30 lakh because the Mumbai Indians bowled at a slow over rate for the third time in the current season. Captain Hardik Pandya was given severe punishment, considering the team guilty of this at Wankhede Stadium.
IPL 2024 statement:
Since this is the Mumbai Indians’ third offense of the season in the IPL code of conduct related to minimum over rate, Hardik Pandya was fined Rs 30 lakh and banned from the team’s next match.
The members of the Mumbai Indians’ playing 11 and impact players were either fined Rs 12 lakh or 50 percent of their match fees were deducted. Whichever amount is less will be received as a fine.
Pandya is the second such captain
Hardik Pandya became the second player to face a one-match suspension in the ongoing IPL. Earlier, Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant was banned for one match and could not play the important match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Since the Mumbai Indians played their last league match against Lucknow on Friday, Pandya will be out of the team’s first match next season.
Mumbai’s disappointing performance
The current season has been very bad for the five-time champion Mumbai Indians. Under the leadership of Hardik Pandya, Mumbai won only four of 14 matches while facing defeat in 10 matches. The Mumbai Indians team remained last in the points table for the second time in IPL history. Earlier in 2022, Mumbai also remained in the last position.
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The reason for the performance has been attributed to not playing quality cricket. MI had to face a defeat by 18 runs at the hands of Luthe Lucknowuper Giants in the last match of the IPL 2024. This is Mumbai’s 10th defeat in 14 matches this season. MI’s poor season can be gauged from the fact that the team is in the bottom 10th position in the points table. This is only the second time in the history of the IPL that the Mumbai Indians have ended the season at the bottom of the points table; before this, it happened with the team in 2022.
Hardik Pandya stated after the match, “It has been quite difficult… We did not play great cricket, and that cost us the entire season. This is the professional world. You must constantly come out and do your best. But, yes.” As a group, we did not play quality or smart cricket. It is too early to determine what went wrong. “The entire season went wrong.”
I think my captaincy is ordinary. It’s like Hardik Pandya playing with his ten office teammates. My mantra is clear: take care of the players; give them confidence and love. He will go and give more than his 110 percent. This is what I want from the players. I am not a person who worries too much about results. But of course, I worry about the approach. What kind of approach is he showing? And if I feel it suits the team, then it definitely helps the team.
How was the Mumbai vs. Lucknow match?
After losing the toss and opting to bat first, the Lucknow Super Giants put 214 runs on the board in the stipulated 20 overs on the basis of half-centuries from captains KL Rahul and Nicholas Puran. Rahul played a quick inning of 55 runs, while Puran played a quick inning of 75 runs. Chasing this score, Rohit Sharma gave a good start to the team by playing a stormy innings of 68 runs, but he did not get any support from the other end. In the end, Naman Dhir scored an unbeaten 62 runs on 28 balls, but he could not lead the team to victory. MI got stuck at 196 runs only.
