The 33rd match of IPL 2024 was played between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians on 18 April at Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh. At one time in this match, the grip of Mumbai Indians team seemed very strong, but Ashutosh Sharma’s inning of 61 runs made the match completely exciting. During the match, a scene was also seen when Mumbai Indians team captain Hardik Pandya was seen being completely ignored by his own teammate Akash Madhwal. Akash was given the responsibility of bowling the last over of the innings by Mumbai and at that time Punjab Kings team needed 12 runs to win.
While setting fielding, Akash ignored Hardik in front of Rohit.
At the end of 19 overs, Punjab Kings team had scored 181 runs at the loss of 9 wickets, after which they needed 12 more runs to win. In such a situation, Mumbai Indians handed over the responsibility of bowling the over to Akash Madhwal and due to the slow over rate at that time, the Mumbai team was allowed to field only 4 fielders outside 30 yards. In such a situation, when Akash Madhwal was talking to Rohit Sharma about the strategy of placing the fielders in the right position, at the same time the current captain Hardik Pandya also reached there, but instead of talking to him, Akash talked to Rohit, the video of which is now going viral on social media. A lot of media is going viral. Akash bowled the first ball of this over wide and then due to Rabada being run out on the next ball, Punjab’s innings got reduced to the score of 183 in this match and Mumbai Indians team won this match by 9 runs. took.
Hardik also had to face fine after the match
Mumbai Indians team captain Hardik Pandya has to face fine from BCCI after his team’s victory in this match. Mumbai team’s over rate against Punjab was very slow, due to which they were fielding outside 30 yards with only 4 fielders in the last 2 overs. Hardik has been fined Rs 12 lakh for violating the IPL code of conduct for the first time this season. If this mistake happens again, then in that case Hardik will have to face a fine of Rs 24 lakh, while apart from the rest of the players of the team, the support staff will also be fined.
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