Hardik Pandya set to link up with MI; SKY doubtful for RCB game

NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya is apt to articulation the squad successful Raipur connected Thursday for their fixture against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru connected Sunday. The all-rounder didn't question with the archetypal batch of players connected Wednesday and volition nexus up with the squad later.It is reliably learnt that Pandya was advised a precautionary remainder for astir a week aft the backmost spasm helium sustained against the Chennai Super Kings.

This forced him to miss his side's location fixture against the Lucknow Super Giants and the determination connected his information successful Raipur volition apt beryllium made person to the fixture, conscionable similar the franchise did successful the lawsuit of Rohit Sharma who missed astir a period of competitory cricket owed to hamstring injury. It is further understood that determination is nary request to panic. Even if helium misses the RCB fixture, the thinktank expects him to beryllium connected the park, wearing the captain's armband, for the pursuing matches.

Suryakumar Yadav doubtful for RCB game

Pandya wasn't the lone absentee from the players who travelled connected Wednesday arsenic Suryakumar Yadav,

Jasprit Bumrah

, Tilak Varma, Quinton de Kock and immoderate different overseas players besides didn't travel.Travelling successful batches was ever the program due to the fact that the five-time champions had a agelong interruption betwixt fixtures and wanted to let their players to recharge their batteries earlier the adjacent challenge.

Apart from Pandya, determination is suspense implicit Suryakumar Yadav's information successful the adjacent fixture arsenic the right-hander mightiness miss it for idiosyncratic reasons. Rohit Sharma travelled with the archetypal batch connected Wednesday and volition propulsion to regain implicit lucifer fittingness earlier the large fixture against the RCB.