Hardik Pandya did not play for Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2026 match against Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.Suryakumar Yadav came to the spot and said that Hardik is not well. Later, Mumbai Indians confirmed that the skipper was struggling with back spasms.
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“We didn’t play good cricket” – Mahela Jayawardene after MI’s biggest IPL loss vs CSKSuryakumar, who has been criticized for his form this season, was seen interacting with LSG captain Rishabh Pant during the toss. He said he was representing Hardik.“He’s not well tonight, so I’m walking in his shoes,” said Suryakumar while shuffling.Mumbai Indians have had a slow start to the season and are currently ninth in the points table with four points, the same as bottom-placed Lucknow Super Giants.Hardik has also struggled with both bat and ball this season. He scored 146 runs in eight innings at an average of 20.85 and a strike rate of 136.44.With captain Hardik Pandya sitting, Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bat first over Lucknow Super Giants.With Pandya out, Mumbai Indians have brought in Corbin Bosch in place of Trent Bouult, while Rohit Sharma is back in the mix after an injury lay-off and has made the Impact Bench.Lucknow Super Giants also made some changes to their Playing XI as they handed debut to Josh Inglis while Mukul Choudhary made way for Akshat Raghuwanshi.TeamsBombay Indians (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton (w), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Will Jacks, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Raghu Sharma.Impact Player options for MI – Rohit Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Shardul Thakur and Trent Boult.Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (w/c), Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav.Impact Player options for LSG – Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahamad and Abdul Samad.
