Hardik Pandya caused rift within Mumbai Indians: The senior players of the team are not happy with the attitude of Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya.

New Delhi: The Mumbai Indians team captained by Hardik Pandya seems to be struggling in IPL 2026. The condition of five-time champion Mumbai Indians has become such that it is at 9th place in the points table. This season, Mumbai Indians started with a win, but after this the team has lost four consecutive matches. Due to this disappointing performance, it is now being said that there is a rift in the team and the senior players are not happy with captain Hardik Pandya.

A glimpse of this was also seen in the match against Punjab Kings when Hardik Hardik Pandya was seen shouting at fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Seeing Hardik doing this, Rohit Sharma, who was sitting in the dugout due to injury, was also quite surprised and was not at all impressed with this attitude of the captain. Apart from this, Hardik also indicated in the press conference after the match that he can take some tough decisions in the future matches.

Will Hardik exclude senior players?

In the press conference, Hardik Pandya made it clear that now he will take some tough decisions to bring the team back on track. In such a situation, the question arises whether Hardik Pandya will drop out-of-form players like Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah from the playing eleven. Surya has not been able to impress with batting in the five matches played so far.

The most surprising thing is that veteran Jasprit Bumrah has not been able to get a single wicket in five matches. Tilak Verma is also not able to perform in the middle order. Apart from this, if we talk about Rohit Sharma, he has made a strong start, but due to injury he had to sit out of the match against Punjab. In such a situation, the question is what decision will Hardik Pandya take regarding senior players. Will he leave out Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma and Bhumrah players from the playing eleven and bet on new players?