India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav and his wife Devisha Shetty welcomed a baby girl on Thursday. However, there is still a threat looming over Suryakumar Yadav's participation for the Mumbai Indians (MI) for their upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 clash against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), which will take place in Raipur on Sunday. TOI reported that the couple is blessed with a baby girl.
Five-time champions MI are going through a lean patch in the Indian Premier League 2026. The Mumbai-based franchise are currently placed ninth on the table with just six points from 10 matches. The chances of MI's qualifying for the playoffs are very low.
Suryakumar Yadav-led India won the T20 World Cup 2026
On a personal note, 2026 has been a special year for Suryakumar Yadav. He led India to victory in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, where India beat New Zealand by 96 runs in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 8.
Suryakumar Yadav's form in IPL 2026
However, he is struggling to score runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. He managed to score 195 runs in 10 matches at an average of 19.50 and a strike rate of 145.52. With Mumbai Indians struggling and having already lost seven games, they now need to win all their remaining matches to stay in the playoff race.
The team’s captain Hardik Pandya has also missed a couple of games this season due to health issues. His availability for the important match against RCB at Raipur’s Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium is still uncertain.
MI vs RCB IPL head-to-head
RCB and MI have met 35 times in the IPL so far. Out of these encounters, RCB have won 16 matches, while Mumbai Indians have come out on top 19 times.
In IPL 2026, this will be the second meeting between the two sides. In their first clash of the season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs. Mumbai Indians’ last win against RCB came back in 2024