Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Pharma
Former Mumbai Indians batting coach Robin Singh came out in support of MI captain Hardik Pandya after they suffered a 103-run loss to
Chennai Super Kings
In IPL 2026 on Thursday.Mumbai has been outplayed
Sanju Samson
He scored an unbeaten 101 off 54 balls, hitting 10 fours and six sixes at a strike rate of 187.04.
Samson reached his century on the last ball of the innings for a six as CSK finished on 207/6 in 20 overs.
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In response, MI’s batting collapsed. only
Suryakumar Yadav
(36) and Tilak Pharma (37) crossed double figures. Three batsmen were out for the ducks, while Hardik also failed to play with the bat, scoring just one run off two balls before he was dismissed by Noor Ahmed.After the match, former MI coach Robin Singh posted on X and said that the captain alone should not be blamed for the defeat.
“Seeing the fallout from the comments after MI lost to CSK in the IPL last night.. and having been part of their management until a few years ago.. I feel it is absolutely impossible to blame the captain solely for this debacle,” he wrote.“What’s the deal with the proven international batsmen who have the target in front of them? Aren’t they supposed to keep the run rate achievable? That’s the role of every player. So who decides to chase all the time when winning the toss? Because it’s clearly not working,” he added.
He added: “It is agreed that there are bad decisions made by the captain but there are a lot of international leaders in the team… Why can’t they go to him and give advice?? So if the captain has a bad season, the whole team has an excuse for a collective collapse as well??? And in this team a lot of plans are made in the team room.”Mumbai Indians are eighth in the 10-team points table after five defeats and two wins. They need to turn things around quickly.Tilak Varma has been the top run-scorer for MI this season with 181 runs, which shows how much the batting unit is struggling. India captain Suryakumar Yadav has scored 157 runs so far.Bowling also did not go well. Key spinner Jasprit Bumrah has taken just two wickets in seven matches.