New Delhi: When Hardik Pandya Return to action? How’s his injury? When can he come back? These are the questions fans asked after the game mumbai indians The captain missed the second consecutive IPL 2026 match. Mumbai Indians were without their regular captain for the second consecutive game, Suryakumar Yadav Leading the team in Hardik’s absence.Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene gave an important update on Pandya’s injury after their two-match loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.
The defeat also confirmed five-time champions Mumbai Indians’ elimination from the playoffs. MI became the second team after Lucknow Supergiants to be eliminated from the tournament.After the match, Jayawardene revealed that Hardik has been dealing with a back issue and is currently undergoing treatment by the medical team.“Yes. Hardik has a back problem which we are trying to correct but it is not resolved yet. So the medical staff is treating him. He has not been able to train for the last few days so we don’t want to take any chances with uncertainty. So we will see. It is a day-to-day situation. See how he feels. Then we will take a decision,” Jayawardene said.Mumbai Indians have not performed well in the IPL 2026 season so far, playing 11 games, winning 3 and losing 8.Jayawardene knew he would face tough questions at the post-match press conference.“This season has been disappointing. We had our chances but we were not good enough. We were not consistent enough with the ball or with the bat and it showed on the edges. We were maybe two or three wins away from being in the same group of contenders to make the playoffs but we didn’t get those wins and today was another prime example of our failure,” the Sri Lankan legend said.
