Hardik Pandya’s Struggles in IPL 2024
This season has been very bad for Mumbai Indians and Hardik. The fans of Mumbai Indians did not like the change in captaincy at all. He showed his anger against Hardik Pandya from time to time. When the match was going on in Wankhede, there was a lot of hooting against Hardik Pandya. Hardik grabbed a lot of headlines while cheering for Rohit Sharma.
It was very bad for Hardik as a player. Hardik Pandya made the Gujarat Titans champions in his debut Season. In the last season, his Gujarat team became the runners-up. In such a way, the franchise of Mumbai Indians had taken Hardik into the team with a lot of expectations. But he was disappointed. Hardik could not live up to his stature as a captain as well as a player.
Hardik Pandya’s Poor Performance in Batting and Bowling
Hardik failed on both the batting and bowling fronts. His batting average was just 18th in 14 matches. He did not score a single half-century. He scored only 216 runs in 14 matches or 13 innings. The situation was the same in bowling. He bowled and took just 11 wickets at an average of 35.18. His bowling economy was more than 10.
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Hardik Pandya was fined for slow overrate for the third time this season.
As a captain, Pandya also went wrong in handling the over rate. He was fined for keeping the pace of the overs slow. In the IPL 2024 season, Hardik made three mistakes. He was fined Rs 30 lakh and banned for one match. In this case, Hardik Pandya will not be able to play the first match of next year’s IPL 2025 season. Now it has to be seen whether the Mumbai Indians franchise will retain him for the next season or not.
Why will any team keep Hardik in the team? After IPL 2024, this question is natural. Because Hardik Pandya has completely failed on all three fronts of captaincy, batting and bowling. Apart from this, Hardik Pandya will not be able to play the first match next year.
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