New Delhi, May 1 -- Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach Mahela Jayawardene has defended Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah amid his team's poor run of form in IPL 2026.

Mumbai Indians find themselves in ninth place in the IPL 2026 standings with just four points from eight matches. The Hardik Pandya-led side next take on sixth-placed Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Chepauk on Saturday.

Both Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah have been MI's go-to players in the past seasons, but this season, they have looked far from their best.

SKY has scored just 162 runs from eight matches at a strike-rate of 140.86, whereas the Gujarat pacer has taken just two wickets from eight matches.

He went wicketless for the first five matches, but took a wicket ea...