lt looks like all is not well within the Mumbai Indians camp amid a poor Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) season as Hardik Pandya is at the centre of the controversy once again. The five-time champions, who are already eliminated from the IPL 2026 playoffs race, lost seven out of the 9 matches that the all-rounder captained in the ongoing season. While Pandya was ruled out for the last two games due to an alleged ‘back spasm’, new reports suggest that Hardik is probably being delibrately ignored, even the team says so otherwise.
3+ hours of training, but Hardik set to miss one more match
In videos uploaded on social media channels, Hardik Pandya seen working hard in the nets, batting & bowling in full swing before the game against PBKS. However, despite his rigorous routine at the Reliance Corporate Park in Mumbai on Tuesday, he did not travel with the rest of the team to Dharamshala. Instead, a Times of India report states that he is most likely to miss the game against PBKS as he hasn’t travelled with the squad, while the team management continues to assess his injury, as per Cricbuzz.
IS HARDIK PANDYA DROP FROM MUMBAI INDIANS TEAM? – Hardik latest insta Story in which he practice & fully fit, but report say Hardik suffer from back injury First Unfollow Suryakumar & Tilak Verma now this SOMETHING BIG HAPPEN WITH HARDIK IN MI TEAM pic.twitter.com/pUOgppuhZI
— Sam (@Cricsam01) May 13, 2026Pandya was traded from GT to MI in 2024 and replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain, which did not sit well with the fans. However, Mumbai Indians haven’t fared well under his captaincy. In his very first season as skipper, MI finished at the rock bottom of the points table. In 2025, they managed to reach the playoffs, but failed to make it to the final. In IPL 2026, they have already been knocked out, having suffered 8 losses from 11 games, and are languishing at the 9th spot on the standings with just 6 points to their name.
Hardik has managed to score just 146 runs from 8 matches and has taken just 4 wickets in IPL 2026.
MatInnsRunsHSBat AvgSR4s/6sOversWktsBBIBowl AvgEcon881464020.85136.4416/420.441/1861.5011.90Hardik Pandya stats in IPL 2026Earlier, reports stated that MI were in no hurry to replace Hardik as captain despite the team’s dismal performance, and instead, expected other key players to step up. However, the TOI report claims that all is not well in MI’s dressing room and indicates that it could be the primary reason behind Pandya’s extended absence from the playing XI.
‘Unfit’ Hardik Pandya trains for 3 hours but MI captain still unavailable for IPL 2026 matches Inside Sport India.
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