New Delhi, May 10 -- Mumbai Indians (MI) are facing Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IN IPL 2026 clash at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Sunday (May 10). Stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav walked out for the toss against RCB without regular captain Hardik Pandya in the playing XI for the second game in a row. MI explained the same in a release.

Just before the match at the new Raipur stadium, the Mumbai Indians released a statement.

"Hardik has not been cleared by the medical team to take the field," MI explained.

The statement ended weeks of speculation about the star all-rounder's fitness. Hardik, who has been a key figure for MI with both bat and ball, remains sidelined since the previous game. The...