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NEW DELHI: It has been a play to hide for Mumbai Indians and skipper Hardik Pandya suffered different setback connected Thursday aft being fined for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his side’s decision to Kolkata Knight Riders astatine Eden Gardens.Pandya was penalised aft visibly venting his vexation connected the tract during MI’s four-wicket loss, a effect that further summed up the five-time champions’ miserable IPL 2026 campaign.
According to an authoritative IPL statement, Pandya breached Level 1 of the Code of Conduct relating to maltreatment of cricket instrumentality and crushed fixtures.“Hardik Pandya was recovered to person breached Article 2.2 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which pertains to ‘abuse of cricket instrumentality oregon clothing, crushed instrumentality oregon fixtures and fittings during a Match’,” the connection read.The incidental occurred connected the 4th shot of the 10th implicit of KKR’s pursuit erstwhile Pandya, portion walking backmost to his run-up, forcefully knocked the bails disconnected the stumps.The MI skipper admitted the offence and accepted the authorisation imposed by lucifer referee Rajiv Seth. Along with the fine, Pandya besides received 1 demerit point. Accumulating 4 to 7 demerit points successful the IPL tin pb to a one-match suspension.
Another frustrating nighttime for Mumbai Indians
The disciplinary contented capped different disappointing evening for Mumbai Indians, who were already eliminated from the playoffs race.
Defending a humble full of 147/8 connected a tricky Eden Gardens surface, MI failed to clasp their nervus arsenic KKR chased down the people with 7 balls remaining to enactment live successful the playoff race.Pandya aboriginal admitted Mumbai’s batting and fielding failures continued to haunt the squad passim the season.“Definitely arsenic a batting group, we were 20 runs short,” Pandya said aft the match. “I deliberation passim the season, we've been rather mediocre successful fielding. We person dropped a batch of catches. If you privation to triumph games, you request to drawback each the chances, adjacent fractional chances arsenic well.”MI’s disappointing run has present seen them triumph lone 4 matches this season, with 1 last league crippled remaining against Rajasthan Royals connected Sunday.
