Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai Indians finished with eight points from 14 games, falling to bottom place for the second time in three years.
Hardik Pandya, the Mumbai Indians (MI) captain, was fined Rs. 30 lakh for his team’s slow overrate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Wankhede Stadium on Friday night. “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 Rs. 30 lakh and banned from playing the team’s next match,” the notification said.
“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.”
Nicholas Pooran smashed a remarkable 28-ball 75 to help Lucknow Super Giants reach a tough target, and they came back after a 45-minute rain break to defeat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs, despite Rohit Sharma and Naman Dhir’s blistering half-century.
Pooran smashed a 19-ball half-century, including eight sixes, to become the highest six-hitter (36) in the IPL 2024, propelling LSG from 69/3 in 10 overs to 200.
Mumbai Indians 196/6 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 68, Naman Dhir 62 not out; Ravi Bishnoi 2-37, Naveen-ul-Haq 2-50) were defeated by Lucknow Super Giants 214/6 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 75, K.L. Rahul 55; Nuwan Thushara 3-28, Piyush Chawla 3-29) by an 18-run margin.
