Hardik Pandya and Ashish Nehra have been fined for breaching the Code of Conduct during the MI vs GT IPL 2025 clash.
Hardik Pandya has been fined for a slow over rate again, as the Mumbai Indians (MI) were slow with their over completion against the Gujarat Titans (GT) last night. This was Pandya’s second offence of the season and gets fined INR 24 Lakhs.
Further, other playing XI members, including the impact player and concussion substitute, were fined INR 6 Lakhs or 25% of their match fees, whichever is lower. When the match restarted after a break, MI were forced to put an additional fielder inside the ring, with only four on the boundary ropes instead of a regular five.
That cost MI big time, as GT registered a final-ball victory to break MI’s six-match winning streak at the Wankhede Stadium. Slow over rate has been a persistent issue with MI, which was also why Hardik Pandya missed the first game of IPL 2025.
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MI bowled as many as 16 overs of pace bowling against Gujarat Titans last night, and the ball was arduous to grip and required more time to complete an over with rain falling consistently. Hence, that also played a role in this delay, but these rules are for every team.
Barring Hardik Pandya, Ashish Nehra also breached the IPL’s Code of Conduct in the same game and committed a Level 1 offence. He has been fined 25% of his match fees and handed a demerit point under Article 2.20, which pertains to conduct contrary to the spirit of the game.
Nehra accepted the offence and the match referee’s sanction. He was arguing with the umpires on the field when the rain stopped during the last moments of the game last night.
Gujarat Titans’ head coach was visibly unhappy with the delay in restarting the game, which must be the reason behind this sanction. Ashish Nehra and Shubman Gill have regularly exchanged words with umpires this season, and GT are placed at the bottom of the Fair Play Award points table in IPL 2025.
Tempers flare when the stakes are as high as in the last game, and rain further agitated GT, who were behind by four runs then. Fortunately, the game went on, and GT registered a close win, but that didn’t prevent Hardik and Nehra from being sanctioned.
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