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The Mumbai Indians (MI) are all set to clash against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the IPL 2026 match on Tuesday at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati.
Ahead of the match, MI`s regular skipper Hardik Pandya has returned to the training session, which have boosted the hopes of his availability. Earlier, he missed the previous match due to illness.
In his absence, Suryakumar Yadav led MI in the match against Delhi Capitals (DC), which they lost by six wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
The visitors had made a couple of changes in that match, bringing in Deepak Chahar and Corbin Bosch, while Trent Boult was left out to maintain the overseas player balance.
However, Hardik appeared to be in good rhythm during the training session on Sunday night. He was seen hitting yorkers, bowling drills, and hitting the lines with serious pace.
Watch your toes! 🫣 pic.twitter.com/7bq1Y2c7oQ
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 6, 2026
During the session, he mentioned to team physiotherapist Nitin Patel that he had been working extensively on his yorkers since the T20 World Cup earlier this year, believing that mastering them makes other deliveries easier to execute.
With the bat, the Gujarat-born cricketer was timing the ball well under the watchful eyes of batting coach Kieron Pollard. It will be interesting to see if the star all-rounder manages to deliver a big show tonight against the Royals.
A Hardik classic, straight from the edit room 🎬 pic.twitter.com/uhDc8bpZVS
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 6, 2026
IPL 2026, Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: Full Squads
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Danish Malewar, Robin Minz (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Atharva Ankolekar, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Will Jacks, Mayank Rawat, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Tilak Varma, Ashwani Kumar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, AM Ghazanfar, Mayank Markande, Mohammad Izhar, Raghu Sharma.
Rajasthan Royals: Riyan Parag (c), Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Aman Perala, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Adam Milne, Brijesh Sharma, Jofra Archer, Kuldeep Sen, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Ravi Bishnoi and Sandeep Sharma.
(With ANI Inputs)
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