'Experiment with Hardik Pandya as captain is not working': Harsha Bhogle calls for MI captaincy change after IPL 2026 debacle
Cricket commentator and pundit, Harsha Bhogle, claims that MI must consider changing their captain from Hardik Pandya.
'Experiment with Hardik Pandya as captain is not working': Harsha Bhogle calls for MI captaincy change after IPL 2026 debacle originally appeared on Cricket News . Add Cricket News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . KEY TAKEAWAYS: MI have lost seven out of their first nine matches of the IPL 2026 season.
MI on the verge of facing elimination from the IPL 2026 league stage. Harsha Bhogle felt MI's experiment with Pandya captaincy has not worked. MI on the verge of elimination from the IPL 2026 league stage Mumbai Indians' nightmare campaign in the IPL 2026 season continued as they suffered their seventh defeat of the season against arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings on Saturday at the Chepauk.
The MI batting once again crumbled in the Chennai conditions and had managed to put up just 159 runs on the board, which the hosts chased down for the loss of just two wickets. This was only the third time in IPL history that CSK did the season double over MI after the 2014 and 2023 IPL seasons. In the first leg fixture at Wankhede, MI suffered their worst-ever IPL defeat by 103 runs.
With the loss at Chepauk, MI are on the verge of facing elimination from the league as they can only reach 14 points from here , which does not always guarantee a playoff spot. MORE: How many times have CSK completed a double over MI in IPL history? 'Experiment with Hardik Pandya as captain is not working': Harsha Bhogle Star Indian commentator and pundit Harsha Bhogle, who has been associated with the MI franchise in the past, took to social media, to share his thoughts about the franchise's horror show in the ongoing season.