New Delhi, May 11 -- Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach Mahela Jayawardene has provided an update on skipper Hardik Pandya's back injury that has kept him out of the last two matches.

Overall, Hardik Pandya has missed three matches after having been rested for the game against Delhi Capitals (DC) in April due to illness.

"Yeah. Hardik had a back issue which we were trying to rectify, but it hasn't settled in yet. So the medical guys were working on him. He couldn't train the last few days, so we didn't want to take a risk without knowing exactly," Jayawardene said after the match against RCB on Sunday, which MI lost.

Following the loss, Mumbai Indians were officially eliminated from IPL 2026. "So we'll see. It's on a day-to-day basis. See ...