Jun 11, 2026
Hardik Pandya ruled out of the Afghanistan ODIs with a quad strain
India’s all-round plans for the Afghanistan ODIs have taken a hit, with Hardik Pandya sidelined by a quadriceps strain picked up in training.
Hardik Pandya
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Jun 9, 2026
Rohit and Hardik cleared to play as India set their Afghanistan ODI squad
India will have Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya available for the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan after both passed fitness tests at the BCC...
May 25, 2026
Ninth out of ten and a Pollard line that gave the game away: Mumbai Indians’ Hardik question is real now
Two bottom-two finishes in three seasons under Hardik Pandya, a 30-run defeat at home to Rajasthan, and a batting coach who refused to defend the capt...
May 22, 2026
Three wickets, MI eliminated, England in July: the case for resting Bumrah on Sunday
Mumbai Indians’ season ends in a dead rubber against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, and the smartest thing they can do for Jasprit Bumrah is keep him out...
May 20, 2026
KKR’s playoff door is one Mumbai-shaped loss from closing at Eden Gardens
KKR enter their home game against an already-eliminated Mumbai Indians on 11 points, with a defeat ending their season and a win still needing PBKS to...
May 18, 2026
Twenty-four players, eight points, three captains: how Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2026 fell apart
With two rounds to go before the playoffs, the five-time champions sit ninth on eight points. The autopsy is already running and there is no single li...
May 16, 2026
Shardul Thakur lines up Pandya’s MI return for the May 20 KKR clash at Eden Gardens
Shardul Thakur says Hardik Pandya is training in Mumbai and is expected back at Eden Gardens on May 20. That gives MI’s captain a clear date after thr...
May 14, 2026
After 101, 57 and now 75 not out, Tilak Varma is the through-line MI can take from a broken IPL 2026
Mumbai Indians are out of IPL 2026 but Tilak Varma, at 23, is making the case that the franchise’s next batting era is already in his hands. The 101 n...
May 14, 2026
PBKS need Dharamsala to halt the slide as MI roll in eliminated and short of Pandya
Punjab Kings can settle the playoff math themselves with a Thursday win in Dharamsala, but they take on an eliminated Mumbai Indians side with Hardik...
May 13, 2026
Harsh Goenka’s four-captains tweet has IPL 2026’s captaincy carousel turning early
The LSG owner’s brother says at least four IPL captains will not lead their teams next season, with a couple potentially gone before this campaign eve...
May 11, 2026
Hardik’s brief MI unfollow revives CSK trade chatter after Mumbai’s IPL 2026 exit
Hardik Pandya briefly dropped Mumbai Indians from his Instagram following list moments after Sunday’s playoff elimination, then refollowed within minu...
May 10, 2026
RCB host Mumbai in Raipur with the IPL back at the venue and MI staring at elimination
Royal Challengers Bengaluru welcome Mumbai Indians to the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium on Sunday with Hardik Pandya back from a back spasm and a...
May 7, 2026
Hardik out a week, Suryakumar pulled back for family as MI head to Raipur short of captains
Mumbai Indians fly to Raipur for Sunday’s clash with Royal Challengers Bengaluru without their captain or his designated stand-in, with Hardik Pandya...
May 4, 2026
Wooden-spoon shootout: MI host LSG at Wankhede with both teams’ IPL 2026 on the line
Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants meet at the Wankhede on Monday night with four points each, identical losing streaks, and the loser almost cer...
May 2, 2026
Gaikwad and Kartik Sharma seal CSK’s eight-wicket double over Mumbai at Chepauk
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 67 not out and Kartik Sharma’s reverse-lap finish steered Chennai Super Kings home with eight wickets to spare against Mumbai Indian...
May 1, 2026
Five-time champions, both running out of road: CSK and MI meet at Chepauk with playoff lifelines fading
Match 44 of IPL 2026 brings CSK and Mumbai Indians together at the Chidambaram Stadium with one side on six points and the other on four. The loser wa...
Apr 29, 2026
SRH chase 244 at Wankhede with 8 balls to spare as Rickelton’s 123 goes to waste
Sunrisers Hyderabad walked into the Wankhede on Wednesday night and produced the highest successful chase the ground has ever seen, hunting down 244 w...
Apr 29, 2026
De Kock out with a wrist injury, Will Jacks finally walks out for Mumbai at Wankhede
Quinton de Kock has been ruled out of Mumbai’s home game against Sunrisers Hyderabad with a wrist injury, handing Will Jacks his first start of the se...
Apr 28, 2026
Hardik’s ninth-placed Mumbai host an in-form Sunrisers at Wankhede with little left of the playoff race
Mumbai Indians return to Wankhede on Wednesday night still nursing the 103-run mauling at the same ground last week, and Sunrisers Hyderabad arrive on...
Apr 28, 2026
Mumbai sign Keshav Maharaj from South Africa as Mitchell Santner is ruled out with a shoulder injury
Santner injured his left shoulder taking a catch at Wankhede against Chennai on April 23 and will not play again this IPL. Mumbai have replaced him wi...
Apr 24, 2026
Two wins from seven and no net run rate to speak of: Mumbai Indians’ playoff hopes look gone
Mumbai’s 103-run hammering by Chennai at the Wankhede has left them eighth, on four points, with a net run rate of minus 0.736 and seven games to save...
Apr 23, 2026
Sanju Samson’s 54-ball 101 and Akeal’s 4 for 17 hand MI their biggest IPL defeat as CSK win by 103
Chennai Super Kings tore Mumbai Indians apart at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, 23 April 2026, bowling the hosts out for 104 after Sanju Samson’s u...
Apr 23, 2026
Rohit, Dhoni and a Wankhede night: MI and CSK meet with seventh and eighth separated by run rate
Mumbai Indians host Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede on Thursday night with both teams on four points and their biggest names, Rohit Sharma and MS...
Apr 22, 2026
Rohit Sharma back in the nets but still not cleared as Mumbai Indians wait on their opener
Rohit Sharma has resumed batting drills at the Mumbai Indians camp and looks close to a return, but the medical team is yet to clear him from the hams...