New Delhi: Mumbai Indians The captain Hardik Pandya He is likely to join the squad in Raipur on Thursday for the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday. The all-rounder did not travel with the first batch of players on Wednesday and will contact the squad later.It is reliably learned that Pandya has been advised precautionary rest for about a week after suffering a back injury against Chennai Super Kings.
This forced him to miss his team’s home fixture against Lucknow Supergiants and his participation in Raipur will likely be decided closer to the fixture, as was the case with the franchise. Rohit Sharma Joe missed nearly a month of competitive cricket due to a hamstring injury. It is further understood that there is no need to panic. Even if he misses the RCB fixture, the think tank expects him to come to the park wearing the captain’s armband for the next matches.
Surya Kumar Yadav Doubtful for RCB game
Pandya was not the only absentee among the players who traveled on Wednesday as Suryakumar Yadav, Jaspreet BumrahTilak Verma, Quinton de Kock and some other foreign players also could not travel.Traveling in between was always the plan as the five-time champions had long breaks between fixtures and wanted to allow their players to recharge their batteries before the next challenge. Apart from Pandya, there is also suspense over Suriyakumar Yadav’s participation in the next match as the right-hander may miss it due to personal reasons. Rohit Sharma traveled with the first batch on Wednesday and will push to regain full match fitness ahead of the big match against RCB.
