Has Hardik Pandya been dropped? (PC-PTI)

Hardik Pandya was not seen in the playing eleven of Mumbai Indians in the match against Lucknow Supergiants. Suryakumar Yadav was seen captaining in his place. The question is why is this player not playing in this match? Was he dropped from the team? Has his captaincy been taken away? Such things are continuously going on on social media. Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya's captaincy, his batting and fielding, everything is going bad and in such a situation question marks are being raised on him. This is the reason that as soon as he was not seen in the field in the match against Lucknow, all kinds of talks started.

Why did Pandya not play the match against Lucknow?

hardik pandya The reason for not playing against Lucknow is his injury. Mumbai Indians captain Suryakumar Yadav said that Hardik Pandya has a back strain due to which he has been given rest. Hardik Pandya is not playing any match for the second time this season due to injury. Hardik Pandya was not seen in the team but Rohit Sharma definitely returned to the team.

Let us tell you that Pandya has not scored a single half-century so far this season. This player has been able to score 146 runs in 8 matches at an average of just 20.8. Pandya has been able to take only four wickets this season and his economy rate is more than 11 runs per over.

Threat to Pandya's captaincy?

Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya's captaincy is under threat. Pandya became the captain of Mumbai Indians in the year 2024 and since then till date Mumbai has not reached the playoffs leave alone winning.

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