Kieron Pollard had led the side against Chennai Super Kings in the absence of Rohit, who has a dodgy knee while Pandya also missed the game due to a niggle.

While the MI skipper missed the clash due to a knee niggle from the England tour, Pandya had a minor injury during training and both were rested as precautionary measures, says coach Jayawardene.

The star all-rounders of Mumbai Indians have joined the team camp in Abu Dhabi ahead of the second leg of IPL 2021.

Pandya is unable to bowl regularly since he returned to international cricket following his back surgery in 2019.

India, part of Group 2 in Super 12, will open their T20 World Cup campaign against Pakistan on October 24.

Even though Pandya didn't bowl for Mumbai Indians during IPL, he rolled his arm over in the limited-overs games for India against England in March this year.

Even though he didn't bowl for Mumbai Indians, Pandya rolled his arm over in the limited-overs games for India against England in March this year.  

In the T20I series against England, Hardik bowled for the first time since September 2019, when he had been sidelined with a back injury.

Earlier this month, Hardik had announced that his entire family, including brother Krunal, would donate 200 oxygen concentrators to help the rural areas

After undergoing a back surgery in 2019, Hardik has not bowled regularly since his comeback and not being able to offer his all-round skills cost him a place in the Indian Test squad for the UK tour.

In the absence of big guns like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah, a limited-overs squad will be playing three T20 Internationals and as many ODIs in the Island nation

India's limited-overs specialists will be playing three T20 Internationals and as many ODIs in the island nation during the second half of July

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that the Indian player's road to a comeback in Tests is tough, and he might not be seen in whites "for a long while."

Although there haven't been any surprising selections, a few omissions have been questionable and so here are the key takeaways from the squad announcement

Prasad feels Hardik wouldn't squeeze into the side as a 'pure batsman', with players in Hanuma Vihari being a crucial part of India's middle-order.

On Monday, Natasa Stankovic shared another sweet video of son Agastya with father Hardik Pandya in which they can be seen bonding. The actress captioned the video, "my everything."

KKR and Aussie quick Pat Cummins was the first among players to contribute, donating USD 50,000 to the PM Cares fund. 

In the video posted on the RR homepage on Monday, Samson, who scored an unbeaten 42 against KKR, agreed with Morris's assessment with a thumbs-up sign.

Hardik had bowled regularly during the five-match T20 series against England last month before rolling his arm over once during the following three-match ODI series as part of his workload management. 

The Delhi Capitals (DC) bowler, who is playing only the second match of this season after the previous season - IPL 2020 -- was curtailed due to a finger injury, said he always likes to attack the batsmen.