Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians captain has been banned for one match due to maintaining slow over rate during Mumbai's last league game against Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium. He's set to miss the first game of next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

It was the third time in this IPL that Mumbai Indians failed to maintain a minimum over rate. As a result, Hardik, apart from the one-match ban, was fined INR 30 lakhs and the rest of the playing XII, including the Impact Player, were each individually fined either INR 12 lakhs or 50% of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser.

It was a forgettable season for both the five-time champions and Hardik Pandya. The 18-run defeat to LSG meant MI finished with just four wins from their 14 games and finished at the bottom of the points table for the very first time since the inception of this lucrative T20 league.

Hardik Pandya had a season to forget, he managed to amass just 200 runs off 13 innings at a dismal average of 18.18. With the ball, he picked up 11 wickets but he leaked way too many runs as his economy rate was 10.59.