India, April 13 -- Ravichandran Ashwin questioned Hardik Pandya's captaincy decisions after Mumbai Indians crashed to an 18-run victory against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL 2026 fixture on Sunday. Ashwin didn't hold back as he pointed out MI's tactical bowling mistakes and slammed the use of Mayank Markande against Rajat Patidar.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ashwin showed the scorecard of a game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and RCB in 2024, where Patidar smacked Markande for four sixes in a single over.

Ashwin questioned the decision to use Markande against Patidar on Sunday, and he was hit for three consecutive sixes by the RCB skipper in the 11th over.

"This SRH vs RCB 2024 game was where Rajat Patidar announced that h...