Mumbai Indians' (MI) captain Hardik Pandya's one-match suspension for his team's over-rate offence in the last season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will carry forward to the upcoming edition, which makes the all-rounder unavailable for his team's season opener against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.
Suryakumar Yadav will, thus, do the captaincy duty as confirmed by Hardik during a press conference on Wednesday, where he was accompanied by the team's coach Mahela Jayawardene.