Thursday , December 26 2024

'…I had to suffer the whole season', Hardik Pandya expressed pain over his shameful performance in the last match

IPL 2024: An IPL match was played between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Wankhede Stadium on 14 May. LSG won this match by 18 runs. Nicholas Pooran brought the team out of trouble by scoring 75 runs in just 29 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. While KL Rahul scored 55 runs in 41 balls. Lucknow scored 145 runs in the last 10 overs.

Hardik Pandya's pain expressed after shameful performance

LSG, bowling first, scored 214/6 runs, while in reply, Mumbai could only score 196/6 runs. Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya looked disappointed after the defeat. Hardik Pandya's pain spilled over the shameful performance.

They suffered defeats throughout the season

After the match, Hardik said, 'We did not play quality cricket and we had to suffer the consequences of this throughout the season.' He further said that this is a professional world. But it is too early to say what went wrong. Hardik's performance as captain in this IPL season was poor and his team lagged behind in the tournament.

Pandya banned for one match and fined Rs 30 lakh

However, Hardik Pandya's individual performance has also not been that good, he has scored just 216 runs in a total of 14 matches of the IPL season at an average of 18 and a strike rate of 143.05. Hardik could not perform well in bowling also. He took 11 wickets, but his economy rate was 10.75. Therefore, for the third time in this IPL, Pandya has been banned from playing in the next match due to bowling at a slow over rate. The rest of MI's playing XI, including influential players, have been individually fined Rs 12 lakh or 50 per cent of their respective match fees, whichever is lower.