IPL 2024: Why is Hardik banned for IPL 2025 opener? Find details
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Xtra Time Web Desk: Mumbai Indian skipper Hardik Pandya has been fined for breaching level 1 of the Indian Premier League Code of Conduct and handed a one-match ban for maintaining a slow over rate during their last league stage match in IPL 2024.
As it was his team’s third offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences, Pandya was fined INR 30 lakhs and banned from playing the team’s next match," said an IPL media release.
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"The rest of the members of the Playing XI, including the Impact Player, were each individually fined either INR 12 lakhs or 50 percent of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser," the release added
MI concluded their disappointing season with an 18-run loss to the Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday, May 17. This defeat left MI at the bottom of the 10-team table.
Pandya's fine and suspension come after his third slow over rate offense this season, which occurred during the 67th match of the IPL 2024. As a result, he was fined Rs 30 lakh and received a one-game ban. His previous infractions included a Rs 12 lakh fine for a slow over rate against the Punjab Kings and another fine for a similar offense against the Super Giants on April 30.
The suspension will be enforced at the start of the next IPL season, as the match against LSG was MI's final game of the current season.
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Pandya's performance in IPL 2024 was below expectations, with the all-rounder taking 11 wickets across 14 games at an expensive economy rate of 10.75. He also scored only 216 runs in 13 innings at a strike rate of 143.04.
