IPL 2025: Captain Hardik banned, will miss first match against CSK for Mumbai Indians – find out why

Mumbai Indians captain and Indian all -rounder Hardik Pandya (Hardik Pandya) will not be able to play the first match against Chennai Super Kings for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025. Significantly, the legendary player has been banned due to a slow over rate in a match during IPL 2024, which has been carved this season. Because of this, he will not be able to play the first match for Mumbai in the 18th season of IPL.

Let us know that the full schedule of the 18th season of IPL has been released on 16 February. The first match will be played between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 22 at Eden Garden Kolkata.

A total of 74 matches will be played between all 10 teams between about 64 days, including the final. The last league match will be played on 18 May between Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad. So the IPL playoff will start from May 20.

Hardik Pandya has been fined earlier

Also, let us know that this is not the first time that Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya was fined in the last season of IPL. Hardik was fined for the third time due to a slow over rate in the match against Lucknow Super Giants last season, due to this ban, he will not be able to play the first match for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming IPL.

If you inform you about the Code of Conduct of ICC about this rule, then it This was the third offense of his team under the IPL’s code of conduct related to slow over-perpetal offenses, so Hardik was fined Rs 30 lakh and was banned from playing in the next match of the team. The rest of the members of the playing XI, including the Impact Player, have been fined Rs 12 lakh personally or 50 percent of their respective match fees, whichever is less.