IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya fined for first time as Mumbai Indians captain following match vs Punjab Kings

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IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya was fined for the first time as Mumbai Indians captain for maintaining a slow over rate in the match against Punjab Kings at the New PCA Stadium in Mullanpur on Thursday, April 18.

Mumbai Indians could not bowl their 20 overs in the stipulated time. With this being only the first instance of Mumbai failing to match the over-rate criteria, only Rs. 12 lakh fine was imposed. The fine would be doubled in case there is a second instance.

"Hardik Pandya, the Mumbai Indians captain, has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Punjab Kings at the PCA New International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur on April 18," BCCI said in a release after the PBKS vs MI match.

However, Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai managed to beat Punjab Kings despite a spirited batting display from Ashutosh Sharma, and registered their first away win of the season. Overall, they have won three out of their seven matches to occupy the seventh spot in the teams IPL 2024 table.

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Hardik scored 10 off six with the bat, and finished with figures of 1/33 with the balls as the five-time champions managed to defend 193 by nine runs. Punjab were five down for 49 at one stage of the match. Besides Ashutosh, Shashank Singh made 41 off 25 balls for PBKS but were eventually bowled for 183 in 19.1 overs.

Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav smashed 78 off 53 balls to take Mumbai to 192 for seven. MI pacers Jasprit Bumrah (3/21) and Gerald Coetzee (3/32) shared six wickets between them in the match.