Why did Suryakumar Yadav change Hardik Pandya as Mumbai Indians captain vs Delhi Capitals?

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Simply moments earlier than the toss, broadcasters introduced that Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya wouldn't play within the match towards Delhi Capitals on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Seconds after the announcement, Suryakumar Yadav - smiling, chewing gum, and dressed within the blue and gold jersey - walked out with the workforce sheet, shook palms with Ravi Shastri, after which greeted Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel.

What adopted was a loud cheer from the Delhi crowd as they noticed their T20 World Cup-winning captain Surya.

The massive query was: why was Surya main the workforce, and why was Hardik lacking such an essential conflict?

The second Axar gained the toss and opted to subject towards Mumbai Indians, and spoke about his workforce mixture, the main focus shortly shifted to Surya.

"(Hardik Pandya) He isn't properly, does not look good, so he was not match for right this moment's sport. So simply entering into his footwear right this moment," Surya, who was the stand-in captain for the Delhi Capitals conflict, mentioned.

Mumbai Indians started their IPL 2026 marketing campaign with a six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders.

Mumbai Indians introduced in Deepak Chahar instead of Pandya.

"(On the win towards KKR) For those who win the primary sport after 13-14 years, there's quite a lot of positivity within the camp, and we're very completely satisfied, however fully totally different venue right here from Wankhede. We have now to take good accountability and have a superb sport right here. (On the floor) Appears good, The toss was irrelevant. We wished to bat first, they wished to bowl first, however yeah, very completely satisfied to bat first. Appears good one. We have finished right here rather well after we've batted first and defended. Fairly a number of adjustments. Deepak Chahar is available in for Hardik. Corbin Bosch is available in for Boulty, that is a tactical change. Boulty had a superb sport within the final sport at Wankhede. And Mitch Santner is available in for Allah Ghazanfar," Surya mentioned.

Axar went with the identical facet towards Mumbai Indians.

"I select to bowl first. First match at house, I wish to see how the wicket is behaving. It seems a bit dry, a bit exhausting. We chased properly within the final match. To chase down the goal from 26/ 4 within the powerplay, it provides quite a lot of confidence to the group. Even the top-order know that there are batters within the decrease order who can step up in the event that they fail. Enjoying a house sport is at all times helpful. Our DC supporters will cheer for us. Identical workforce," Axar mentioned.

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Groups:

Delhi Capitals (Enjoying XI): KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Vipraj Nigam, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar

Mumbai Indians (Enjoying XI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Naman Dhir, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah