The 18th season of the Indian Premier League will start from 22 March. The first match of IPL 2025 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. This season, Mumbai Indians will play their first match against Chennai Super Kings on 23 March. Hardik Pandya will not play in this match.

 

Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya is banned from an IPL match. For this reason, he will not be able to play the first match of IPL 2025. This is the reason why he will neither be the captain of Mumbai Indians nor will he be a part of the playing XI in the match against Chennai Super Kings.

Know why Hardik Pandya will not play

Hardik Pandya has been banned from a match due to slow over speed. Hardik Pandya was the captain of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024. During this time the team was fined three times for a slow over speed. For the first time, a captain is fined Rs 12 lakh. The penalty will be doubled for the second time. If this happens for the third time, a match is banned. Rishabh Pant was also banned in IPL 2024 due to slow over speed.

Suryakumar Yadav became the captain of Mumbai Indians in place of Hardik

Hardik Pandya has been banned for a match. In this situation, he will not be able to play a match against Chennai Super Kings on 23 March. In his absence, Suryakumar Yadav can command the team. But MI has not made any official announcement yet. Robin Minj may get a chance in the playing XI in place of Hardik.

Mumbai Indians’ potential playing XI in the first match

Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Robin Minj, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Trent Bolt and Corbin Bosh/Mujib ur Rahman.

Rahul Dev

Cricket Jounralist at Newsdesk

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