- By Gurmeet Batra
- Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:12 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
MI vs KKR IPL 2026: Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to field against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford, and Allah Ghazanfar are poised to make their Mumbai Indians debuts, having earned their maiden caps in the squad.
Kolkata Knight Riders have four overseas players in their squad: Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Sunil Narine, and Blessing Muzarabani.
Speaking at the time of toss MI skipper Hardik Pandya said, “We are going to bowl. Looks like a good track, it appears greener than it used to be. Let's see how it plays. This is our fortress, the crowd is behind us and we're looking to play a good game. We started a couple of weeks earlier, have plenty of experience and a mix of youth. Rohit, Surya, Mitchell Santner - so there's no shortage of captains; I'm just excited to go out there and perform. We're going with 6 batters and 5 bowlers.”
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane said, “We were looking to bowl, never seen this amount of grass at Wankhede. Preparations have been good, a couple of camps in Kolkata and in Mumbai as well. Know that MI is a champion team and we're looking forward to playing against them. Just stay in the moment and don't look at the past. A couple of injuries - we're going with 6 batters and 5 bowlers. Four overseas players - Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Sunil Narine and Blessing Muzarabani.”
IPL 2026: MI vs KKR Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dhir, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Markande, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani.
