Top News

Hardik Pandya's game is over (Photo-PTI)

In IPL 2026, Mumbai Indians have to play the next match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Raipur and before this match, big news has come out on Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya. It is also difficult for Hardik Pandya to play a match against RCB. It is being told that he did not go to Raipur with Mumbai Indians, where this team has to face RCB. This match will be held on 10th May and the Mumbai team left for Raipur on the afternoon of 6th May. Hardik Pandya was not seen with the squad. There are no indications yet that Pandya will join the team soon.

Is it game over for Hardik Pandya?

hardik pandya In the absence of Suryakumar Yadav, he captained against Lucknow Supergiants. The team won this match in a one-sided manner. In this match, Rohit Sharma and Rickleton played excellent half-century innings. During this match, Suryakumar Yadav had told that Pandya was not fit. Mumbai Indians also informed that Pandya is not playing due to injury. However, it is also being seen from another perspective. There is talk that the team is not happy with Pandya's captaincy and his performance and that is why he has been wiped out. However, this has not been confirmed. Let us tell you that Pandya is in Mumbai and he was seen with girlfriend Mahika yesterday. Both were seen together in a Ferrari car.

BREAKING: Hardik Pandya is not traveling with MI team to Raipur. As players assemble at Terminal 1 in Mumbai, Pandya is conspicuous by absence. MI insist that his absence is due to back spams that kept the skipper out of May 4 home game vs LSG @mipaltan @IPL More on @cricbuzz

— Vijay Tagore (@vijaymirror) May 6, 2026

Hardik Pandya is in Mumbai, and last night he was seen in his Ferrari car with his girlfriend. pic.twitter.com/VAGhcTf19d

— 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐢𝐢⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) May 6, 2026

Hardik Pandya failed in IPL 2026

Hardik Pandya has scored only 146 runs in 8 matches in IPL 2026 at an average of 20.8. He has hit only 4 sixes in the entire season so far. The condition of this all-rounder has been even worse in bowling. Pandya has taken 4 wickets in 8 matches and his economy rate is 11.9 runs per over which is quite bad. Besides, flaws are also being pointed out in his captaincy. It is also being said that he did not use a bowler like Bumrah properly.

Anoop Dev Singh

I am a resident of Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. I am very fond of sports since childhood. Especially cricket which is also called the religion of this country. Did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya. In the year 2006, he obtained a degree in Hindi Journalism from Delhi University and after that he entered the field of media and made sports news his profession. Got the first job of my career in Network 18 Group. I started with IBN7 news channel where I played a long innings of five years. After this worked with big national channels like India TV, News Nation. In 2016, he stepped into digital media and Zee Network gave him this opportunity. Worked with Cricket Country for a year and then returned to Network 18. News 18 Hindi website brought every sports news to the readers for 4 years. Now I am with TV9. Not only cricket, I deliver every sports news to you in a new style and new style.

Read More