Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has been fined 10% of his match charge and docked one demerit level for breaching the IPL’s code of conduct, the league stated on Thursday, after his facet suffered a four-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders. * The league stated Pandya’s breach associated to the “abuse of cricket tools” in the course of the tenth over of the sport on Wednesday at Eden Gardens, the place he knocked the bails off the stumps with pressure whereas strolling again to his run-up.
* The 32-year-old all-rounder admitted to the offence of breaching Article 2.2 of IPL’s code of conduct and agreed to the penalty handed down by the match referee. * Kolkata saved their playoff hopes alive by transferring as much as sixth on the factors desk, with Mumbai languishing in ninth.
* 5-time champions Mumbai have endured a wretched season after being dominated out of playoff rivalry with simply 4 wins from 13 matches.
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