Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene gave an important update on captain Hardik Pandya’s injury after MI’s match against RCB on Sunday in Raipur. Mumbai played without their regular captain for the second consecutive game, with Suryakumar Yadav leading the team in Hardik’s absence. MI went on to lose the match by two wickets eventually.

Speaking after the match, Jayawardene said, “Yeah. Hardik had a back issue which we were trying to rectify, but it hasn’t settled in yet. So the medical guys were working on him. He couldn’t train the last few days, so we didn’t want to take a risk without knowing exactly. So we’ll see. It’s on a day-to-day basis. See how he feels. And then we’ll make a decision on that.”

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However, MI did well to post a total of 166/7 on a tricky wicket, but RCB were able to chase down the target on the final ball of the match as well.

“The season is disappointing. We’ve had our opportunities, but we were not good enough. We were not consistent enough with the ball or the bat, and that showed in the margins. We were probably two or three wins away from being in the same group of contenders to get into the playoffs, but we didn’t get those wins, and today was another classic example where we fell short,” Mahela Jayawardene concluded.