Hardik Pandya's social media post goes viral amid availability doubts - Watch

NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya dropped a large hint astir his whereabouts done his latest Instagram story, wherever the prima all-rounder was seen grooming astatine the Reliance installation successful Mumbai amid doubts implicit his availability for MI’s adjacent IPL 2026 clash against Punjab Kings successful Dharamsala connected Thursday.The all-rounder, who missed Mumbai Indians’ erstwhile crippled against Royal Challengers Bengaluru owed to backmost spasms, shared visuals of himself practising, suggesting that helium is gradually moving his mode backmost to fitness.

However, contempt resuming training, Hardik did not question with the archetypal batch of MI players to Dharamsala connected Tuesday, according to a study from Cricbuzz.

His lack from the travelling squad has erstwhile again enactment his information successful uncertainty up of Wednesday’s fixture.

The MI enactment unit is reportedly continuing to show his information earlier taking a last telephone connected whether helium volition articulation the squad later.

Mumbai Indians caput manager Mahela Jayawardene had earlier confirmed that Hardik has been struggling with a backmost contented and remains nether treatment.“Hardik had a backmost contented which we were trying to rectify, but it hasn’t settled successful yet. The aesculapian guys were moving connected him. He couldn’t bid the past fewer days, truthful we didn’t privation to instrumentality a risk,” Jayawardene had said aft MI’s nonaccomplishment to RCB.

He further added, “We’ll see. It’s connected a day-to-day basis. See however helium feels. And past we’ll marque a determination connected that.”With MI already eliminated from the IPL 2026 playoff race, the franchise is improbable to unreserved their skipper backmost without afloat fittingness clearance. Still, Hardik’s latest grooming update has sparked optimism among fans, and it remains to beryllium seen whether helium links up with the squad earlier the Punjab Kings clash.