Mumbai, April 13 -- The warning lights are already flashing for Mumbai Indians barely weeks into the Indian Premier League 2026 season, after captain Hardik Pandya delivered one of the most candid post-match assessments of the year following a third straight defeat.
At the Wankhede Stadium, what began as another high-scoring thriller quickly turned into a familiar script for MI fans: opposition dominance, chasing pressure, and a late but insufficient counterattack.
After conceding a massive 240/4 to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians responded with 222/5, falling 18 runs short despite a blazing 71 off 31 balls from Sherfane Rutherford.
But the real story was not the scoreboard - it was Hardik's tone after it.
"We are always cat...