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Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders started their IPL 2026 campaigns today. In this match being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. The MI team created history as soon as it entered the field. Mumbai has become the first franchise to play 300 matches.
Apart from Mumbai Indians, no other team in IPL has been able to play 300 matches in any league cricket. Mumbai has become the first franchise team to do so. Although two teams have done this before, one of them is the national team of Pakistan.
Became the third team in the world MI
IPL 2026 started from March 28, in the first match Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets. Today the second match of the edition is being played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. This is the 300th match of Mumbai Indians. Before him, only Pakistan National Cricket Team and Somerset have been able to play 300 matches. Both the teams have played 303-303 matches.
Although MI has not yet completed 300 matches in IPL. This match against Kolkata Knight Riders is the 278th IPL match of Mumbai Indians. Apart from this, Mumbai has played 22 matches in 5 editions of Champions League. Let us tell you that after Mumbai, the IPL franchise that has played the most matches is RCB, which has played 287 matches.
Mumbai Indians has won 7 trophies
Mumbai Indians has been playing in the first edition of IPL. The team won its first IPL title in 2013. After this the team won the 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020 editions. Along with CSK, the team has won the most number of IPL titles, all the trophies have been won by the franchise under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Apart from this, Mumbai Indians have also won the Champions T20 League title in 2011 and 2013. Mumbai has not been able to even reach the finals of IPL since 2020.