Mumbai Indians will play without captain in the first match; Hardik Pandya was banned IPL 2025
Hardik Pandya was banned from IPL 2025. The opening match of the IPL is going to be challenging for the Mumbai Indians. Jasprit Bumrah may miss a few matches due to injury, and captain Hardik Pandya will not be able to play the first match of the IPL due to the ban. Mumbai Indians will play the first match of the IPL against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on March 23. You must be thinking that the IPL has not started yet, so why has Hardik Pandya was banned from IPL 2025? So let’s find out…
Hardik Pandya started his IPL career by playing for the Mumbai Indians in 2015. After that, he was a key player for the franchise till 2021. In 2022, he captained the Gujarat Titans and led them to the title in his first year. In 2023, he also captained Gujarat to the final, where his team lost to CSK. After playing 2 seasons for Gujarat, he returned to Mumbai Indians in November and took charge of Mumbai in IPL 2024.
Hardik Pandya was the captain of the Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024. During this time, the team was fined three times for a slow overrate. When the captain is found guilty for the first time, he is fined Rs 12 lakh. If second time, a fine of 24 lakhs is imposed. If it happens for the third time, a ban is imposed for one match. Something similar has happened with Pandya as well. Apart from the ban of one match, there is also a fine of 30 lakhs. you also read IPL New rules 2025
While playing against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians were found guilty of slow over-rate for the third time in the season. Now Hardik Pandya is banned for one match, so he will not be able to play the first match against Chennai Super Kings, after which he will return to the team.
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