There is a door to the playoffs and Mumbai Indians are standing at its doorstep. Meaning, a defeat in the next matches of IPL 2026 will throw MI out of that door of the playoffs. Mumbai’s next match is to be held on May 10 with Royal Challengers Bangalore in Raipur. There is news that Hardik Pandya may miss this match due to injury and he has not reached Raipur with the team.
Hardik’s injury is not the only problem facing the MI management. There is news that Suryakumar Yadav may also sit out of the next match due to personal reasons. According to media reports, Surya is going to become a father very soon. Both Hardik and Suryakumar are senior players of the team, but if both of them will not play, then how will the management of Mumbai Indians prepare the playing eleven combination?
MI’s playing eleven without Hardik-Surya
The good news for Mumbai Indians is that Rohit Sharma is back. Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickleton will open, who had made an opening partnership of 143 runs in the match against LSG. Tilak Verma is playing at number-3, but the biggest question is who will replace Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav?
Let us tell you that Quinton de Kock is sitting out of many matches, who had played a century inning of 112 runs against Punjab this season. If De Kock comes in the opening then a change in the batting order is possible. Since Mumbai Indians can keep only a maximum of 4 foreign players in the final-11, it is possible that wicketkeeper-batsman Robin Minz or Shardul Thakur may get a place in the main playing eleven. Thakur who has played as an impact player on most occasions so far.
Probable playing eleven of MI: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickleton, Quinton de Kock, Tilak Verma, Naman Dheer, Will Jacques, Shardul Thakur, M Ghazanfar, Jasprit Bumrah, Raghu Sharma, Deepak Chahar.
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