India, May 4 -- Mumbai Indians, the five-time champions, are on the cusp of elimination from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 playoffs race, and a loss against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) would confirm the inevitable. One of the major reasons behind Mumbai's poor performance has been the underwhelming returns of skipper Hardik Pandya with both bat and ball. Nothing has been going right for the all-rounder, who won the IPL title on his first attempt as a captain with the Gujarat Titans. On the eve of the match against LSG at the Wankhede Stadium, former India batter Sadagoppan Ramesh put Hardik under the scanner, accusing the 32-year-old of not being proactive enough and wanting others to fix the problems.

In the eight matches Hardik h...