'We gave him the best opportunity': Pollard's big statement on Hardik Pandya

NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians endured a disappointing IPL 2026 play and adjacent their hopes of signing disconnected with a triumph failed to materialise arsenic the five-time champions suffered different decision successful their last league-stage match.Mumbai Indians finished ninth successful the 10-team points array aft going down to Rajasthan Royals by 30 runs successful their past league crippled of the season. It was MI’s 10th decision successful 14 matches during a forgettable campaign.

Following the loss, Mumbai Indians batting manager Kieron Pollard admitted that skipper Hardik Pandya’s enactment stint had not unfolded the mode either the subordinate oregon the franchise would person wanted."From a enactment position connected Hardik, yes, it has not gone arsenic good arsenic helium would person wanted arsenic an individual," Pollard said aft the match."It mightiness not person gone however we would person wanted arsenic a absorption staff. But 1 happening you (should) cognize that we person tried each and everything to springiness him the champion accidental to pb the franchise, to bash well."Pollard insisted that the disappointing play could not beryllium blamed connected 1 idiosyncratic and described it arsenic a corporate nonaccomplishment for the full Mumbai Indians group."No 1 is going to beryllium present and enactment blasted connected constituent fingers. When you lose, especially, you person to look astatine it from a corporate perspective.

You triumph some, you suffer some. But, astatine the extremity of the day, I wouldn't question definite things," helium said."He (Pandya) was trying; we each were trying, and it conscionable didn't enactment retired for us. You sit, you talk, (and) spot what is (for the) best. Never cognize what is going to happen. For us, fto america conscionable lick our wounds successful (this) clip and hopefully travel backmost stronger successful the 12 months," Pollard added.When asked whether Mumbai Indians needed a reboot considering the fig of elder players successful the squad, Pollard said the franchise would archetypal instrumentality clip to measure what went incorrect earlier making immoderate decisions."Right now, is not the clip and spot to speech astir that," helium said."All these things would beryllium benignant of affectional decisions and reasoning of each facet of what is needed, everyone needs that clip and abstraction to spell beryllium down, recollect, person a just appraisal arsenic to wherever everything really went incorrect for us.""That is wherever amended decision-making is going to travel about. If you beryllium present close present and accidental you request to bash this, you request to bash that, that would beryllium irresponsible from a absorption perspective," helium added.Mumbai Indians had finished 3rd successful IPL 2025, but the 2026 play saw a melodramatic autumn for 1 of the tournament’s astir palmy franchises.