Mumbai Indians retained Hardik, but he will not be able to play first match!
The bugle for the 18th season of the indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2025 has been blown. There will be a mega auction for the upcoming season this month. All 10 teams have released the list of their retained players. mumbai has also retained its main players including hardik Pandya. However, hardik will not be able to play the first match of IPL 2025.
hardik pandya is banned
For your information, let us tell you that hardik pandya is banned for one match. hardik pandya made a big mistake in his last league match of IPL 2024. Actually, Hardik's mumbai Indians could not bowl their 20 overs on time, after which the IPL Governing Council imposed a fine of Rs 30 lakh and a ban of one match on hardik pandya as per the rules. For this reason, hardik will not be able to play the first match of IPL 2025. In the last season of IPL, mumbai Indians played their last league match against lucknow Super Giants. In this match, mumbai team could not bowl 20 overs on time. mumbai did this thrice last season. For this reason, hardik pandya was fined and banned for one match.
rishabh pant was also banned before hardik Pandya
It is worth noting that hardik pandya is the second captain to be banned due to slow over rate in IPL. In IPL 2024 itself, delhi Capitals' then captain rishabh pant was also banned for one match due to slow over rate. pant could not play in the important match against RCB.
IPL 2025 auction will be held in Saudi
The mega auction of IPL 2025 will be held in jeddah city of saudi arabia this time. The mega auction is to be held on 24 and 25 November. More than 1500 players have registered for the auction. However, now all the teams will shortlist the names of the players for the auction. Only the shortlisted players will participate in the auction. This season, a maximum of 204 players can be sold.