Hardik Pandya IPL 2025 One Match Ban: Mumbai Indians seem to be facing a big setback even before the IPL auction. Its captain Hardik Pandya will not be able to play the first match of IPL 2025 for the team. It remains to be seen who will be the captain in the absence of Hardik Pandya.

The dashing all-rounder of the Indian team became the number-one all-rounder in the ICC T20 rankings just a day ago. After this happiness, another piece of news came out, which was not only a big shock for Hardik Pandya, but Mumbai Indians must have also been shocked. Here, the team preparing for the auction will not have the support of the captain in the first match when the tournament starts. Hardik Pandya will not be able to play the first match. That means now Mumbai will have to hand over the captaincy to someone else for just one match.

Hardik Pandya was the captain of Mumbai Indians. The team played its last match against Lucknow Super Giants at its home ground Wankhede Stadium. The team could not complete its overs in the stipulated time. Thus, according to the rules of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Hardik Pandya will have to face a ban of one match, even if he joins a new team. However, he will be seen captaining his old Mumbai team.

Hardik Pandya was fined Rs 30 lakh for not completing the overs on time in the match, while the playing-12 including other impact players were fined Rs 12 lakh or 50% of the match fee. Let us tell you that this was the third time in the tournament when the team captained by Hardik Pandya could not complete the overs on time and was penalized for a slow over rate.

It is worth mentioning that the last season was no less than a nightmare for him. He had to face constant criticism from the fans for replacing Rohit Sharma. The fans were seen hooting him on the field and his performance was also not very special. Neither was the team able to do any miracles under his captaincy.

PC:Navbharat Times