IPL 2026: Mumbai Indians lost Rs 16.35 crore, this trusted player is defrauding the team, will be released as soon as the season ends

New Delhi: In IPL 2026, Mumbai Indians team started with a win, but after that the team went off its track. Due to back to back defeats, five-time champion Mumbai Indians slipped to 9th place in the points table. The reason behind this plight of Mumbai has been the failure of the team’s star player. One of those star players is the legendary Suryakumar Yadav.

Suryakumar Yadav, who was once considered the most reliable player of Mumbai Indians, has now become a headache for them. Mumbai had retained Surya for IPL 2026 by paying a huge amount of Rs 16.35 crore, but it seems that this bet on Surya has gone completely wrong. This is the reason why Mumbai Indians seem to be struggling this season.

Suryakumar Yadav’s performance in IPL 2026

Suryakumar Yadav has played a total of 8 matches so far in IPL 2026. In these 8 matches, Surya has scored only 159 runs at an average of 19.88, which includes one half-century. This fifty of Suryakumar Yadav came against Kolkata Knight Riders in the very first match of the season. After this, this Mumbai Indians player has not been in his best form. This season, Surya has not been able to cross the double figures in three matches.

How has Surya’s performance been for Mumbai?

Talking about Suryakumar Yadav’s performance for Mumbai Indians in IPL, he has been strong. Suryakumar has played a total of 122 matches for Mumbai Indians, in which he has scored 3912 runs at an average of 37.25. During this period, Surya also played 2 century innings for Mumbai. Suryakumar Yadav has worked as a strong pillar in the middle order for Mumbai Indians since 2012, but now it seems that this pillar of the team has started weakening.