India, May 3 -- On Saturday evening at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Ravi Shastri began the post-match chat on a commiserating note, telling Hardik Pandya, "Not your day." But the latter, accepting the stark reality of Mumbai Indians' campaign, admitted, "Not the season, I feel." And that has pretty much summed up MI's IPL 2026 so far, with the team languishing at the bottom of the table with just two wins in nine matches, after suffering their seventh defeat on Saturday against Chennai Super Kings.

It wasn't the perfect start to the Classico in Chennai, as Mumbai lost Will Jacks in the second over. However, Naman Dhir and Ryan Rickelton ensured the visitors still had a solid powerplay. The pair stitched a brisk fifty-run stand for the sec...