Mumbai Indians IPL 2026 Schedule: The 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) is going to start from 28 March 2026. Mumbai Indians, the five-time champions of this tournament, will enter the field with the intention of creating history. Having won the trophy in the years 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020, Mumbai is currently the joint most successful team with Chennai Super Kings (CSK), but since the year 2020, Mumbai has failed to win the trophy. This time, Mumbai will be eyeing to play in the tournament to win its ‘record sixth’ title.

Quinton de Kock and Sherfane Rutherford return

Mumbai Indians have made strategic changes before and during the IPL 2026 auction. In the auction, South Africa’s experienced wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock has returned to the team, who will provide strength in the upper order batting. Sherfane Rutherford has been included in the team through trade, who will play the role of finisher. With Jasprit Bumrah in bowling for Mumbai, now the pair of Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar are ready to defeat the opposition batsmen.

Mumbai’s campaign will start from March 29 in Wankhede.

Mumbai Indians will start their IPL 2026 campaign on March 29 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium. This will be Mumbai’s first match in the first phase of this tournament. The second match will be against Delhi Capitals on April 4, while the third match will be played against Rajasthan Royals on April 7, while on April 12, a blockbuster match will be played against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), where Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will face each other.

Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2026

Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Will Jacques, Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Shardul Thakur, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwini Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Mayank Markande, Naman Dheer, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minnes, Sherfane Rutherford, Danish Malewar, Atharva Ankolekar, Mayank Rawat, Mohammad Izhar.

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