Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya has been fined ₹12 lakh for maintaining slow over rate during their defeat against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Saturday. MI faced a crushing 36-run defeat in the match. Five-time champions MI lost to GT by 36 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.
“Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during Match No. 9 of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad,” the IPL said in a statement on Sunday.
“As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.2 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Pandya was fined INR 12 lakhs,” it added in the statement.GT posted 196 runs on a black-soil pitch which was used in Ahmedabad for the clash and MI struggled in their chase to eventually finish at 160 for six, as Gujarat registered their first win of the ongoing campaign.This was MI’s second successive loss and they are yet to open their account.First Published: Mar 30, 2025 11:23 PM IST
