BCCI suspends Hardik Pandya from the first match of next IPL season; here’s why
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All MI players including ‘Impact player’ Rohit Sharma were fined Rs 12 lakh or 50% of their match fees, whichever is lower.
BCCI has suspended Hardik Pandya from the first match of the next IPL season along with a fine of RS 30 lakh. In the Mumbai Indians’s last game against Lucknow Super Giants, skipper Hardik Pandya was fined due to maintaining a slow over rate.
All MI players including ‘Impact player’ Rohit Sharma were fined Rs 12 lakh or 50% of their match fees, whichever is lower. “As it was his team’s third offense of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offenses, Pandya was fined Rs. 30 lakh and banned from playing the team’s next match,” the IPL statement read.
“The rest of the members of the playing XI, including the Impact Player, were each individually fined either Rs.12 lakh or 50 percent of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser”, the statement added.
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Rohit Sharma saved his best for the last but that wasn’t enough to stop another woeful chapter being added to Mumbai Indians’ already nightmare of an IPL season, which ended in a last-place finish following a disappointing 18-run defeat to LSG on Friday.
Wankhede were enthralled 🙌
Rohit Sharma hit 68(38) 💪
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 17, 2024
After Rohit smacked his way to a 38-ball 68 to set a strong platform in pursuit of 215, Mumbai’s batters failed to keep the momentum going in the middle overs and finished at 196 for six in 20 overs to hand LSG a much-needed win.
LSG, who needed a victory over MI and other results over the weekend to go their way to make an improbable entry into the playoffs, reached the sixth spot but their net run rate only improved marginally to -0.667.
Apart from Rohit’s brilliance at the top, the young Naman Dhir gave a fine exhibition of his talent with a half-century but it came when all was lost and there was no pressure on him.
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Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/VuUaiv4G0l #TATAIPL | #MIvLSG pic.twitter.com/X3pd11zAzs
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 17, 2024
Dhir struck five sixes and four fours in a late assault which only reduced the margin of defeat for his side to a large extent. This season, in all likelihood, marks the end of Rohit’s 14-year journey with Mumbai Indians. It would also be interesting to see if the likes of Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah agree on retention or go back to the auction pool.
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Additionally, the move to bring in Hardik as skipper at the expense of a five-time champion captain Rohit proved to be a harakiri during a season where the new man only received boos wherever he went. Even on Friday, as Rohit’s most entertaining knock of the season ended, the Wankhede crowd was ready to give their ‘skipper’ a standing ovation which turned into incessant hooting the moment the designated skipper entered the turf.
#LSG wrapped up their season on a winning note and happy faces in Mumbai😃👌
🎥 Here’s a roundup of the #MIvLSG clash at the Wankhede 🏟️ #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/FbdT2QQQAk
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 18, 2024
Before a short rain-forced interruption, Rohit hit Matt Henry for two sixes on the trot to make intentions clear and when the play resumed, he went after Mohsin Khan to hit two consecutive fours.
The shot of the innings, however, was when Rohit danced down the track to hit Mohsin over his head to bang the sight screen and bring up his fifty. Rohit’s innings eventually ended on 68 with 10 fours and three sixes one that was punctuated with regular chants of Rohit Rohit’ and a standing ovation when he trudged back to the pavilion.
(With PTI inputs)
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