Mumbai Indians (MI) may miss another big name in their upcoming encounter against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). RCB vs MI IPL 2026 match is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 10 at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur.
Along with Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav may also miss this important match. MI’s regular captain Hardik Pandya missed the last match, which was against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on May 4. Pandya could not play in the match due to back spasm. For this reason he may also miss the match against RCB.
key points
- Mumbai Indians are likely to miss both Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav for the clash against RCB.
- Hardik Pandya is still recovering from back spasms due to which he could not play against LSG.
- Suryakumar Yadav, who captained MI in Hardik’s absence, is also expected to be out of the game.
Both Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav are expected to miss the RCB vs MI IPL 2026 clash in New Raipur on Sunday.
According to reports, he is not going to Raipur with the team. Hardik Pandya is not going to Raipur with MI team. As the players gather at Mumbai’s Terminal 1, Pandya’s absence is glaring. As reported by Cricbuzz, MI say his absence is due to back spasms, which kept the captain out of the home match against LSG on May 4.
In the absence of Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav was the stand-in leader for Mumbai Indians. He is also likely to miss the upcoming match due to family reasons.
Most likely – neither HP nor Sky in Raipur
– Rohit Juglan (@rohitjuglan) 6 May 2026
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