The journey of Mumbai Indians, captained by Hardik Pandya, in IPL 2026 so far has been like a nightmare. The 5-time champion team has lost 7 out of 9 matches and is on the verge of being out of the playoff race. Now MI cannot reach the playoffs on their own, they need something which is no less than a miracle. After the defeat against Chennai, former cricketer Manoj Tiwari told what mistakes Pandya made as captain.

Former Team India cricketer Manoj Tiwari believes that unity is no longer visible in the dressing room of Mumbai Indians. He said that the captain has to win the trust of the team, but it seems that the players are not standing with Hardik Pandya.

While talking on Cricbuzz, Tiwari said, as a captain, your job is to win the trust of the player, but the situation seems to be that the player is not completely with Hardik. They are not getting the support they should be getting.

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What mistakes did Hardik Pandya make?

Manoj Tiwari also talked about the mistakes of Hardik Pandya, which Hardik made in the match against CSK. He said, “The opportunity for a wicket came on the ball of Jasprit Bumrah, of course the catch was missed. Bumrah then got him out. Why was Bumrah given the second over? Why was he not given the first over? We say this again and again that if Bumrah is your strike bowler, then give the first over to him only. If the first wicket had fallen in the first over, then see how much pressure would have been on the new batsman.”

Manoj further said, “Trent Boult gave 17 runs in the third over. But if you see, if Jasprit Bumrah had bowled the first over, he would have bowled the third over as well. So who will do this reshuffle, this experiment? Only the captain will do it, but not the head coach.”

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Manoj Tiwari talked about another mistake of Hardik Pandya. He said, “You gave the fifth over to Krish Bhagat, Hardik Pandya himself bowls. So you are not getting the bowling done by the main bowlers you have, who have more experience. This shows where your season is going to go.”

The journey of IPL 2026 has not been good so far for Mumbai Indians. On Thursday, Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai by a huge margin of 103 runs. This is the first time in history that Mumbai has lost by a margin of 100 or more runs. This is Chennai’s biggest win on the basis of runs. Captain Hardik Pandya first proved expensive in bowling and then flopped with the bat, he was out after scoring 1 run on his second ball. After the match he said that we should have batted well in the powerplay, they (CSK) also batted on this pitch.

With the help of Sanju Samson’s century, Chennai Super Kings had scored 207 runs. While chasing, the entire Mumbai Indians team was reduced to 104 runs. After the fall of 3 wickets at 11, there was a partnership of 73 runs between Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma, but then after the breakup of this pair, the entire team disintegrated. Hardik Pandya said after the match that while chasing this score, we needed a good powerplay.

What did Hardik Pandya say?

Hardik said after the match, “It is always difficult to lose wickets in the powerplay. After that we could not recover. We had to bat better. They also batted on the same pitch. Sanju Samson played a brilliant innings and his batsmen kept coming and gradually scored a good score. To chase this score, we needed a good powerplay and also momentum, but it did not happen.”

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Let us tell you that 3 wickets of Mumbai Indians had fallen at the score of only 11. Quinton de Kock was out after scoring 7 runs and Danish Malevar and Naman Dheer could not even open the account. After this there was a partnership of 73 runs between Suryakumar and Tilak Verma. This partnership broke at the score of 84, after which all the remaining wickets also fell within 20 runs and the entire Mumbai Indians were reduced to 104 runs.

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Except Suryakumar (36) and Tilak Verma (37), no other batsman of Mumbai Indians could even touch double figures. Hardik Pandya was out after scoring 1, Sherfane Rutherford 0 and Shardul Thakur after scoring 6 runs.

In the match held on Monday in IPL 2026, Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans by a huge margin of 99 runs. This is Mumbai’s first win after 4 consecutive defeats and its second win of the edition. The hero of the match was Tilak Verma, who scored his first IPL century. He scored unbeaten 101 runs in 45 balls. After the match, Suryakumar Yadav made a special post in his praise.

In this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Gujarat Titans won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, Mumbai faltered in the beginning, 3 wickets had fallen for 44. Tilak Verma, who came at number five, played cautiously in the beginning, after 14 overs his score was 19 runs in 22 balls. After this he scored runs at a fast pace and completed his century in 45 balls.

The century in 45 balls is the fastest century by a Mumbai Indians batsman in IPL history, Tilak equaled Sanath Jayasuriya’s record. Jayasuriya scored a century in 45 balls against Chennai in 2008.

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Suryakumar Yadav praised like this

Suryakumar Yadav, captain of the Indian T20 team and playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026, made a special post in praise of Tilak Verma. While sharing 3 photos of Tilak, he wrote, “This boy is built differently.” Surya also shared emojis of power and love in the caption.

This guy is built different pic.twitter.com/ToqQbnbB6d

— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) April 20, 2026

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what did hardik say

After the second timeout, Tilak Verma batted in an explosive manner. Hardik told that he had told Tilak not to worry and hit the ball hard after seeing it. This tilak was necessary for Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians have won 2 out of 6 matches and lost 4. With 4 points and a net run rate of 0.067, the team is at seventh position in the points table. Mumbai’s next match is with Chennai Super Kings on Thursday, 23 April.

With Tilak Verma’s brilliant century, Mumbai Indians registered their second win in IPL 2026 on Monday, which came after 4 consecutive defeats. Batting first, Mumbai had scored 199 runs, although at one time the team looked in trouble after falling 3 wickets for 44. Tilak also made a slow start, scoring only 19 runs in 22 balls. A video during the second timeout went viral, in which captain Hardik Pandya was saying something to Tilak. People started guessing that Pandya was angry, he was seen speaking with aggression.

Hardik Pandya himself disclosed the conversation and told what he said to Tilak Verma. He told that he told Tilak that he did not need to think much and worry, just hit the ball hard after seeing it. Let us tell you that this is the first IPL century of Tilak Verma. He became the joint fastest batsman to score a century for Mumbai Indians.

Hardik revealed the conversation

Hardik Pandya said, “I felt that with the kind of talent that Tilak Verma has, he really doesn’t need to worry. So I gave him the same message to look at the ball and hit it. Now is the time for him to show his talent. This was important for Tilak and the Mumbai Indians team.”

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After the 14th over, Tilak Verma was playing after scoring 19 runs in 22 balls. After this he scored 82 runs in 23 balls. Verma hit 7 sixes and 8 fours in his innings of 101 runs in 45 balls. Tilak had been out of form for a long time before this.

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What did Tilak Verma say

After receiving the Player of the Match award, Tilak Verma said, “Every match is now important for us. In the last 5 matches, I did not get a chance to spend much time on the pitch. So in this match, I wanted to spend more time on the pitch. As you saw, in the first 20 balls, I was playing just watching each ball. And then later I was confident in my ability. I would just play keeping calm and sticking to my basics, considering the situation and the need of the team. Stay.”