IPL 2023 / Mumbai Indians punished their own player, video surfaced

IPL 2023: The league stage of IPL 2023 has reached its final week. The Mumbai Indians team has played 12 matches so far, out of which it has won seven. With 14 points, Rohit Sharma-led side is currently at the third position in the points table. In the next league match, Mumbai will face Lucknow Super Giants on 16 May. At the same time, in the last league match, Mumbai Indians will face Sunrisers Hyderabad on 21 May. Before that a news has come out from the camp of Mumbai. The franchise has punished one of its own players.

#MumbaiIndians youngster #NehalWadhera turned all heads at Mumbai airport with his punishment #OOTD. He was captured with his pads on instead of traditional jumpsuit. According to our sources, #Nehal regrets being late for batters meeting. pic.twitter.com/vCzenvIWzC

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 13, 2023

Mumbai Indians has shared the full video of this incident on its official Twitter handle. In which Nehal Vadhera is seen wearing a pad at the airport. He is entering the airport wearing a pad and carrying his trolley bag. Mumbai Indians also told the whole incident behind this in their tweet. Nehal had committed some such mistake for which he had to do this as a punishment. In the video shared by the franchise, he is wearing a pad and going inside the airport and fellow players are seen laughing at it.

What was the whole matter?

Mumbai Indians told the whole matter in the caption of this video. Actually Nehal Wadhera had reached late in the batsmen's team meeting. Whose punishment was given to him by the franchisee in this funny way. Nehal was roped in by the franchise ahead of IPL 2023 in the mini auction at a base price of 20 lakhs. This young cricketer from Ludhiana has also impressed this season with his fiery batting. In the last match against Gujarat, he had also received a prize of five lakhs for hitting a six on the sponsor car.

The 22-year-old youngster has so far attracted everyone with his batting style. He has scored 198 runs in 7 innings of 10 matches, remaining not out once. His average is around 33 and the strike rate is above 150. He has also scored two half-centuries this season. In seven innings, 18 fours and 10 sixes have also come out of his bat. His best score has been 64 which he made against Chennai Super Kings.