Many have felt for Hardik Pandya amid heavy criticism after Mumbai Indians (MI) suffered a humiliating 103-run defeat against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 33rd match of the ongoing IPL 2026 on Thursday (April 23). Wankhede Stadium In Mumbai.
Things are definitely not going Hardik Pandya’s way, and almost everyone is against Mumbai Indians, but he has the strong support of his partner Mahika Sharma and son Agastya. He has been regularly seen in the stands supporting Hardik and MI in the ongoing IPL 2026.
Hardik Pandya’s adorable family moment goes viral after MI’s crushing defeat to CSK in IPL 2026
Mahika Sharma has been receiving a lot of love from fans, who praise the way she has taken care of Agastya with so much care and protection. And now the latest example of the Indian all-rounder taking care of his partner and son despite such difficult circumstances for them is melting hearts online.
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The cameras remained in full focus after the match hardik pandyaCapturing every reaction as MI team suffered a shocking defeat against CSK. A video went viral on social media, which showed Hardik talking from the dressing room with Maheeka and son Agastya, who were in the stands.
At that moment Hardik was looking serious and a little worried. With his hand gestures, the MI captain asked Maheeka and Agastya to go back home and take some rest and talk to him on phone later.
Hardik Pandya, speaking from the dressing room, is asking his girlfriend and son to go home, call him and take some rest. pic.twitter.com/EU5HzQVZID
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Hardik Pandya taking care of his girlfriend and son after the match. pic.twitter.com/xFlQD4O0pD
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Hardik’s performance on the field was very poor. He had to struggle a lot with the ball and gave away 38 runs in just two overs. He also failed to make any impact with the bat and could only score one run.
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At the same time, Sanju Samson played a brilliant innings. Chennai Super Kings. Sanju put pressure on the MI bowlers from the beginning and scored a brilliant unbeaten century, which was his second century of the season. His inning of 101* off 54 balls helped CSK post a massive score of 207/6 on the board against MI.
Then came Akeel Hosein, who made the situation even worse for Mumbai. The West Indies star bowled with great control and took four wickets while wreaking havoc on MI’s top and middle order. The host team could not withstand the pressure and were all out for just 104 runs.
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With this big win, CSK has moved up to fifth place in the IPL 2026 points table with six points from seven matches and will now face Gujarat Titans in their next match. MI, on the other hand, slipped to eighth in the table with only four points from seven matches.
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Mumbai Indians They will now have some time to regroup before their next match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 29. They will need a strong comeback to get their campaign back on track this season. Even Pandya admitted the same thing after the home match against CSK.
“I think in the powerplay, losing early wickets is always difficult. You are always chasing the game, and we don’t cope after that. I think that will be the conversation where we will go back again, move forward and figure out what we need to do. We have a few days. We just need to see what best we can do,” Pandya said in the post-match presentation.