Hardik Pandya stats in IPL 2026: MI captain’s batting and bowling numbers listed originally appeared on Cricket News.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- MI is on the verge of missing out on a playoff spot after losing seven out of their first nine matches.
- MI captain Hardik Pandya has struggled for form in the IPL 2026 season.
- Pandya’s poor form one of many factors behind MI’s nightmare performance.
Hardik Pandya’s batting and bowling numbers in IPL 2026 listed
With the bat, Hardik Pandya has scored just 146 runs in eight innings, with a best score of 40 runs this IPL 2026 season. He has been dismissed seven times and has batted at a low strike rate of just 136.44.
| Innings | Runs | Not out | Avg. | S.R | H.S | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 146 | 1 | 20.85 | 136.44 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Pandya has also struggled with the ball, having picked up just four wickets in the seven innings he has bowled. His bowling is more than 50 and has been extremely expensive in his spells as his economy rate stands at 12.26
| Innings | Balls | Overs | Runs | Maidens | Wickets | BBI | Avg. | Econ. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 112 | 18.4 | 112 | 1 | 4 | 1/18 | 57.25 | 12.26 |
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MI’s nightmare campaign in IPL 2026 season
Before the start of the season, Mumbai Indians were being considered one of the favourites to win the title this year due to the presence of world-class overseas players like Trent Boult, Quinton de Kock and Ryan Rickleton and a brilliant Indian core, comprising stars like Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav and captain Hardik Pandya.
Except for Rohit Sharma, who has retired from T20Is, all other Indian stars came to IPL on the back of T20 World Cup 2026 title win, where all of them displayed stellar form.
As per expectations, MI went off to a flying start as they chased down 221 runs set by KKR in their opening game at the Wankhede Stadium.
However, since that win, it has only gone south for the five-time champions, who have lost seven times and have won only one game after the KKR triumph.
MI is staring at a possible bottom-place finish, and, given their current form, they are unlikely to make it to the playoffs and fight for the championship.
The Cricket News Opinion: Hardik Pandya’s poor form is not the only reason for MI’s horrendous performance
While Pandya’s off-form has seriously impacted MI’s performances this season, it will be wrong to put the entire blame on the captain. Almost all other Indian recruits have miserably failed to recreate the magic of the Indian team that fans witnessed at the T20 World Cup 2026.
Bumrah has looked off colour and batters of all teams have dominated against him, a very rare sight in IPL or international cricket. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav has struggled with his batting form. Rohit Sharma has been nursing an injury since last month and has hardly featured for the team this season, complicating MI’s team selections, which have lacked consistency.
Tilak Varma is the only Indian player who has contributed with the bat in at least one game, as he scored a century of just 45 runs against the Gujarat Titans.
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