MI captain Hardik Pandya was penalized Rs. 30 lakh and one-man ban.©BCCI
Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya has been penalized Rs. 30 lakh after his team maintained a slow over rate during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Wankhede Stadium on Friday night. “As it was his team’s third offense of the season under the IPL Code of Conduct relating to excessive minimum rate offences, Pandya was fined Rs. 30 lakh and banned from playing in the team’s next match,” the IPL statement read.
“The rest of the members of the playing XI, including the Impact Player, were individually fined Rs.12 lakh or 50 percent of their respective match fees, whichever is less.”
Nicholas Pooran smashed a sensational 28-ball 75 to help Lucknow Super Giants reach a challenging total before they came back after a 45-minute rain break to suppress Mumbai Indians for 18 runs despite half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Naman Dhir.
Pooran hit a half-century off 19 balls, hitting eight sixes as he became the highest hitter of sixes (36) in IPL 2024, to lift LSG to 69/3 in 10 overs to help them cross 200.
Mumbai Indians thus finished with eight points from 14 matches, finishing bottom of the standings, for the second time in three years for them. LSG finished with 14 points, but will regret their performance in some matches that could have put them in the playoffs.
Brief scores:
Lucknow Super Giants 214/6 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 75, KL Rahul 55; Nuwan Sohara 3-28, Piyush Chawla 3-29) beat Mumbai Indians 196/6 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 68, Naman Dhir 62 not out ; Ravi Bishnoi 2-37, Naveen-ul-Haq 2-50) by 18 runs.
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