Hardik Pandya Not Part Of Playing XI Against RCB. Mumbai Indians Provide Worrying Update

Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar received the toss and elected to area towards Mumbai Indians of their IPL 2026 match in Raipur on Sunday. Suryakumar Yadav is as soon as once more standing-in for Hardik Pandya who missed a second consecutive sport because of a again spasm. “Hardik has not been cleared by the medical team to take the field,” acknowledged MI. Both RCB and MI retained their enjoying eleven from the final match. RCB had crushed MI by 18 runs of their earlier assembly this season.

“No, we are pretty confident. I think we are happy to bat first. Big ground, black soil wicket, I think runs on board, always good pressure for the other team. (Any changes) Not really, we are going with the same team. (MI haven’t strung two wins together. What is going to be important to do that?) I think it’s all history now what has happened before. We are really looking forward to this game, big game, Super Sunday. Trying to put our best foot forward and have good entertainment for Raipur. (Discussions on their bowling) I think we’ve always had a good chat around that. I think this tournament, this IPL has been a little difficult and a little harsh on the bowlers. But that’s the beauty of T20 cricket. I think that shows a lot of character.

Patidar did not hesitate in choosing to bowl first.

“We will bowl first. Pretty apparent, floor is sweet and fairly exhausting. But we are going to attempt to get them as early as doable and go for the chase. Conditions usually are not unfamiliar to be sincere. It’s a brand new stadium, good supporters and nice outfield I might say and everyone seems to be trying ahead to the sport. We are going with the identical crew. Yes we had a few losses nevertheless it’s essential to be within the current and play in your strengths. So we shall be focusing extra on ourselves fairly than different groups. (Areas to be higher at in the present day) I do not suppose that there are one or two specific areas. Wherever it’s. If we play within the powerplay or if we play after the powerplay we are going to look to do no matter finest we are able to do,” he mentioned.

Teams:

RCB: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma and Rasikh Salam Dar.

MY: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, Will Jacks, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah and AM Ghazanfar.

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