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Wankhede Stadium in 2011
Wankhede Stadium, home ground of Mumbai Indians
2026 season
CoachMahela Jayawardene
CaptainHardik Pandya
Ground(s)Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
League stage9th place
Most runsRyan Rickelton (448)[1]
Most wicketsAllah Ghazanfar (15)[2]
Most catchesTilak Varma (12)[3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsRyan Rickelton (9)[4]

The 2026 season was Mumbai Indians' nineteenth appearance in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the ten cricket teams that competed in the 2026 IPL. The team was captained by Hardik Pandya and coached by Mahela Jayawardene.

Mumbai Indians were the second team to be eliminated from the 2026 IPL and finished the season in ninth place with four wins from 14 matches. Ryan Rickelton scored the most runs (448) while Allah Ghazanfar took the most wickets (15) for Mumbai in the 2026 season.

Pre-season[edit | edit source]

The 2026 Indian Premier League was the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[5] Mumbai Indians are the joint-most successful franchise with 5 title wins.[6] The team finished in fourth place in the previous season.[7] The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 28 March to 31 May 2026.[8][9][10] Mumbai played all their home matches at Wankhede Stadium.[11]

Player retention[edit | edit source]

Franchises were allowed to retain any number of players from their squad.[12] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 15 November 2025.[13] Mumbai retained twenty players, including captain Hardik Pandya and former captain Rohit Sharma.[14][15][16] Mumbai traded in Shardul Thakur from Lucknow Super Giants, Sherfane Rutherford from Gujarat Titans and Mayank Markande from Kolkata Knight Riders.[17][18][19] Mumbai also traded Arjun Tendulkar to Lucknow.[20]

Retained players[14][15][16]
Domestic Overseas
Released players[16][21][22]
Batters Wicket-keepers All-rounders Bowlers

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Auction[edit | edit source]

The season's auction took place on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[23] The auction purse for each franchise was set at 125 crore (US$18 million),[14] with franchises being deducted an amount from the purse for every retained player.[12][24] Mumbai had a purse remaining of 2.75 crore (US$390,000).[25] Mumbai bought five players in the auction, including one capped overseas player.[26][27]

Auctioned players[26][27]
Domestic Overseas
Capped Uncapped Capped Uncapped
N/A N/A

Squad[edit | edit source]

  • Players with international caps as of start of 2026 IPL are listed in bold.
  • Ages are as of 28 March 2026 (2026-03-28).
  • Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol (dagger) and placed at the bottom of the table.
Mumbai Indians squad for the 2026 Indian Premier League[15][26][28]
S/N Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Salary Notes
6 Krish Bhagat  India (2004-11-06)6 November 2004 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium 30 lakh (US$42,000) Replacement[lower-alpha 1]
9 Tilak Varma  India (2002-11-08)8 November 2002 (aged 23) Left-handed Right-arm off break 8 crore (US$1.1 million)
13 Robin Minz  India (2002-09-13)13 September 2002 (aged 23) Left-handed N/A 65 lakh (US$91,000)
18 Trent Boult  New Zealand (1989-07-22)22 July 1989 (aged 36) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 12.50 crore (US$1.8 million) Overseas
19 Naman Dhir  India (1999-12-31)31 December 1999 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break 5.25 crore (US$740,000)
22 Will Jacks  England (1998-11-21)21 November 1998 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break 5.25 crore (US$740,000) Overseas
33 Hardik Pandya  India (1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 16.35 crore (US$2.3 million) Captain
37 Corbin Bosch  South Africa (1994-09-10)10 September 1994 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 75 lakh (US$110,000) Overseas
42 Ashwani Kumar  India (2001-08-29)29 August 2001 (aged 24) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 30 lakh (US$42,000)
44 Ryan Rickelton  South Africa (1996-07-11)11 July 1996 (aged 29) Left-handed N/A 1 crore (US$140,000) Overseas
45 Rohit Sharma  India (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 38) Right-handed Right-arm off break 16.3 crore (US$2.3 million)
54 Shardul Thakur  India (1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2 crore (US$280,000)
56 Deepak Chahar  India (1992-08-07)7 August 1992 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 9.25 crore (US$1.3 million)
63 Suryakumar Yadav  India (1990-09-14)14 September 1990 (aged 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break 16.35 crore (US$2.3 million) Stand-in captain[lower-alpha 2]
68 Sherfane Rutherford  West Indies (1998-08-15)15 August 1998 (aged 27) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2.6 crore (US$360,000) Overseas
93 Jasprit Bumrah  India (1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 18 crore (US$2.5 million) Stand-in captain[lower-alpha 3]
N/A Ruchit Ahir  India (2000-10-28)28 October 2000 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 30 lakh (US$42,000) Replacement[lower-alpha 4]
N/A Allah Ghazanfar File:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan (2006-03-20)20 March 2006 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm off break 4.80 crore (US$670,000) Overseas
N/A Mohammad Izhar  India (2004-01-01)1 January 2004 (aged 22) Right-handed Left-arm medium 30 lakh (US$42,000)
N/A Mahipal Lomror  India (1999-11-16)16 November 1999 (aged 26) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 50 lakh (US$70,000) Replacement[lower-alpha 5]
N/A Keshav Maharaj  South Africa (1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 36) Right-handed Left-arm orthodox 75 lakh (US$110,000) Overseas; replacement[lower-alpha 6]
N/A Danish Malewar  India (2003-10-08)8 October 2003 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 30 lakh (US$42,000)
N/A Mayank Markande  India (1997-11-11)11 November 1997 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 30 lakh (US$42,000)
N/A Mayank Rawat  India (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break 30 lakh (US$42,000)
N/A Raghu Sharma  India (1993-03-11)11 March 1993 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 30 lakh (US$42,000)
12 Raj Angad Bawa dagger  India (2002-11-12)12 November 2002 (aged 23) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 30 lakh (US$42,000) Withdrawn[lower-alpha 4]
74 Mitchell Santner dagger  New Zealand (1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 34) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2 crore (US$280,000) Overseas; withdrawn[lower-alpha 6]
N/A Atharva Ankolekar dagger  India (2000-09-26)26 September 2000 (aged 25) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 30 lakh (US$42,000) Withdrawn[lower-alpha 1]
N/A Quinton de Kock dagger  South Africa (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 33) Left-handed N/A 1 crore (US$140,000) Overseas; withdrawn[lower-alpha 5]
  1. 1.0 1.1 Krish Bhagat replaced Atharva Ankolekar, after the latter withdrew due to knee injury.[33]
  2. Suryakumar Yadav captained Mumbai Indians against Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru when Hardik Pandya was unavailable.[29]
  3. Jasprit Bumrah captained Mumbai Indians against Punjab Kings when both Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav were unavailable.[30]
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ruchit Ahir replaced Raj Angad Bawa, after the latter withdrew due to ligament tear.[31]
  5. 5.0 5.1 Mahipal Lomror replaced Quinton de Kock, after the latter withdrew due to wrist injury.[31]
  6. 6.0 6.1 Keshav Maharaj replaced Mitchell Santner, after the latter withdrew due to shoulder injury.[32]

Support staff[edit | edit source]

Position Name
Head coach Mahela Jayawardene
Batting coach Kieron Pollard
Bowling coach Lasith Malinga
Paras Mhambrey
Fielding coach Carl Hopkinson

League stage[edit | edit source]

Mumbai Indians began their season with a win against Kolkata for the first time since the 2012 season.[35] They lost their next four matches to Delhi Capitals,[36] Rajasthan Royals,[37] Royal Challengers Bengaluru[38] and Punjab Kings.[39] They won their next match against Gujarat;[40] but lost the next three matches to Chennai Super Kings,[41] Sunrisers Hyderabad[42] and Chennai again.[43] They won their next match against Lucknow,[44] but lost to Bengaluru[45] and were eliminated from the season.[46] They won their next match against Punjab,[47] but lost the last two matches of the season to Kolkata[48] and Rajasthan[49] to finish the league stage at the ninth place with eight points.[50]

Points table[edit | edit source]

League stage standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 A Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C) 14 9 5 0 18 0.783 Advanced to the qualifier 1
2 B Gujarat Titans (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.695
3 B Sunrisers Hyderabad (4th) 14 9 5 0 18 0.524 Advanced to the eliminator
4 A Rajasthan Royals (3rd) 14 8 6 0 16 0.189
5 A Punjab Kings 14 7 6 1 15 0.309 Eliminated
6 B Delhi Capitals 14 7 7 0 14 −0.651
7 A Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 7 1 13 −0.147
8 A Chennai Super Kings 14 6 8 0 12 −0.345
9 B Mumbai Indians 14 4 10 0 8 −0.584
10 B Lucknow Super Giants 14 4 10 0 8 −0.740
Source: ESPNcricinfo[50]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Wickets taken per fair deliveries; 5) drawing lots[51]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up.

League progression[edit | edit source]

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Fixtures[edit | edit source]

Match 2
29 March 2026 (2026-03-29)
19:30
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
220/4 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
224/4 (19.1 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 67 (40)
Shardul Thakur 3/39 (4 overs)
Ryan Rickelton 81 (43)
Sunil Narine 1/30 (3 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Saidarshan Kumar (Ind) and Anish Sahasrabudhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Mumbai Indians)

Match 8
4 April 2026 (2026-04-04)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
162/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals (H)
164/4 (18.1 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 51 (36)
Mukesh Kumar 2/26 (3 overs)
Sameer Rizvi 90 (51)
Deepak Chahar 1/20 (3 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Mohit Krishnadas (Ind)
Player of the match: Sameer Rizvi (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 13
7 April 2026 (2026-04-07)
19:30
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals (H)
150/3 (11 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
123/9 (11 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 77* (32)
Allah Ghazanfar 2/20 (2 overs)
Sherfane Rutherford 25 (8)
Nandre Burger 2/21 (2 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 27 runs
ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Mohit Krishnadas (Ind)
Player of the match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.[59]
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals) scored his 100th six in IPL.[60]

Match 20
12 April 2026 (2026-04-12)
19:30
Scorecard
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
222/5 (20 overs)
Phil Salt 78 (36)
Shardul Thakur 1/32 (2 overs)
Sherfane Rutherford 71* (31)
Suyash Sharma 2/47 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 18 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Swaroopanand Kannur (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Phil Salt (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 24
16 April 2026 (2026-04-16)
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians (H)
195/6 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
198/3 (16.3 overs)
Quinton de Kock 112* (60)
Arshdeep Singh 3/22 (4 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 80* (39)
Allah Ghazanfar 2/31 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 7 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Arshdeep Singh (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 30
20 April 2026 (2026-04-20)
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
199/5 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Titans (H)
100 (15.5 overs)
Tilak Varma 101* (45)
Kagiso Rabada 3/33 (4 overs)
Washington Sundar 26 (17)
Ashwani Kumar 4/24 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 99 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya (Ind) and K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind)
Player of the match: Tilak Varma (Mumbai Indians)
  • Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
  • Krish Bhagat and Danish Malewar (Mumbai Indians) both made their T20 debuts.[61]
  • Hardik Pandya scored 2000 runs in IPL for Mumbai Indians.[62]
  • Tilak Varma (Mumbai Indians) scored his maiden century in IPL.[63]

Match 33
23 April 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
207/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
104 (19 overs)
Sanju Samson 101* (54)
Allah Ghazanfar 2/25 (4 overs)
Tilak Varma 37 (29)
Akeal Hosein 4/17 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 103 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Parashar Joshi (Ind)
Player of the match: Sanju Samson (Chennai Super Kings)

Match 41
29 April 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians (H)
243/5 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
249/4 (18.4 overs)
Ryan Rickelton 123* (55)
Praful Hinge 2/54 (4 overs)
Travis Head 76 (30)
Allah Ghazanfar 2/51 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Match 44
2 May 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
159/7 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
160/2 (18.1 overs)
Naman Dhir 57 (37)
Anshul Kamboj 3/32 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 67* (47)
Jasprit Bumrah 1/20 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Kaushik Gandhi (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)

Match 47
4 May 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants
228/5 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
229/4 (18.4 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 63 (21)
Corbin Bosch 2/20 (2 overs)
Rohit Sharma 84 (44)
Manimaran Siddharth 2/47 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Ajitesh Argal (Ind) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Ryan Rickelton (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • Akshat Raghuwanshi (Lucknow Super Giants) made his IPL debut.[68]

Match 54
10 May 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
166/7 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (H)
167/8 (20 overs)
Tilak Varma 57 (42)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/23 (4 overs)
Krunal Pandya 73 (46)
Corbin Bosch 4/26 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 2 wickets
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Tanmay Srivastava (Ind)
Player of the match: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.[69]

Match 58
14 May 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Punjab Kings (H)
200/8 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
205/4 (19.5 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 57 (32)
Shardul Thakur 4/39 (4 overs)
Tilak Varma 75* (33)
Azmatullah Omarzai 2/36 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
HPCA Cricket Stadium, Dharamshala
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Bhavesh Patel (Ind)
Player of the match: Tilak Varma (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 65
20 May 2026
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
147/8 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
148/6 (18.5 overs)
Corbin Bosch 32* (18)
Cameron Green 2/23 (3 overs)
Manish Pandey 45 (33)
Corbin Bosch 3/30 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Kannur Swaroopanand (Ind)
Player of the match: Manish Pandey (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tejasvi Singh Dahiya (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his IPL debut. He replaced Angkrish Raghuvanshi as a concussion substitute after the batter got injured during the first innings.[70]

Match 69
24 May 2026
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
205/8 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
175/9 (20 overs)
Dhruv Jurel 38 (26)
Shardul Thakur 2/41 (4 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 60 (42)
Jofra Archer 3/17 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 30 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Tony Ematty (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • Dasun Shanaka (Rajasthan Royals) became the first Sri Lankan to hit 300 sixes in T20s.[citation needed]
  • Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs while Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders were eliminated as a result of this match.[71]

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Ryan Rickelton in 2023
Ryan Rickelton scored the most runs (448) for Mumbai Indians in the 2026 Indian Premier League.
Most runs[1]
Runs Player
448 Ryan Rickelton
359 Tilak Varma
318 Naman Dhir
283 Rohit Sharma
270 Suryakumar Yadav
Most wickets[2]
Wickets Player
15 Allah Ghazanfar
12 Corbin Bosch
Shardul Thakur
8 Deepak Chahar
6 Ashwani Kumar

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