Suryakumar Yadav captained Mumbai Indians in the match against Delhi Capitals and at the time of the toss he had told that Hardik was ill. Due to Hardik’s absence, Mumbai Indians had to make several changes in the playing-11, in which Deepak Chahar and Corbin Bosch were included and Trent Boult replaced Bosch so that the foreign players remained only 4.
Update on Hardik Pandya’s fitness
Hardik looked in good mood in the training session, and may return to the field. After the warm-up, Hardik started bowling in the empty nets and bowled his yorkers at a good pace, telling team physiotherapist Nitin Patel that he had started practicing his yorkers in training since the T20 World Cup earlier this year. ‘If you can bowl yorkers, it means the other balls are very easy.’Pandya started net practice
Apart from bowling, Hardik also practiced batting in the nets for a long time. During this, the team’s batting coach Kieran Pollard was present. During practice, most of the balls hit the middle of Hardik’s bat. Pollard also encouraged Hardik during the practice session.Hardik bowled 3 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders in the first match of IPL 2026 and took 1 wicket for 39 runs. Apart from this, he also scored 18 unbeaten runs in 11 balls. Mumbai won this match by 6 wickets but in the next match, in the absence of Hardik, Mumbai was defeated by Delhi Capitals.
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