Hardik Pandya will not be able to play the first match of IPL 2025, know why?

Preparations for IPL 2025 have started. IPL Governing Council meeting was held on Saturday. Many big decisions have been taken in this meeting. Decisions on uncapped players, RTM, player retention, match fees and franchise purse were also taken in the meeting. According to the information, this time also IPL can start in the last week of March 2025 or the first week of April 2025. But this time Hardik Pandya will not be able to play the first match for Mumbai Indians.

Know what is the reason

Hardik Pandya made a big mistake in the last league match of Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians' last match was against Lucknow Super Giants. In this match, Mumbai Indians could not even complete 20 overs in the stipulated time. This is the third time this has happened with Hardik Pandya in the season. After the match was over, Hardik Pandya was fined Rs 30 lakh and banned for 1 match. Because of this he will not be able to play the first match of IPL 2025. Apart from Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant was also banned for one match in IPL 2024.

Disappointing performance of Mumbai Indians

The IPL 2024 season was nothing special for Mumbai Indians. Even in the last match of the league, they lost by 18 runs against Lucknow Super Giants. Apart from this, Mumbai won only four matches in the IPL 2024 season. Apart from this, he also remained last in the points table.

Hardik Pandya's performance was also nothing special

Hardik Pandya's performance in IPL 2024 was also nothing special. This season, he has scored only 216 runs in 13 innings at an average of just 18. Apart from this he took 11 wickets. During this period its economy was 10.75.