Rohit Sharma thrashed the bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders in the second match of IPL 2026. Hitman Rohit completed his half-century in just 23 balls at Wankhede Stadium, which is his fastest fifty in IPL history. Earlier, KKR had scored a huge score of 220 runs, chasing which Rohit and Ryan Rickelton batted brilliantly. Both of them made a partnership of 148 runs for the first wicket.

Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders had scored 220 runs, in response to which a good start was needed from Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton. Both lived up to expectations, no KKR bowler could trouble them. In the powerplay, both scored 80 runs without losing any wicket.

Rohit hit the fastest fifty

Rohit Sharma completed his half-century in 23 balls. This is his fastest half-century in IPL history, who has been playing since the first edition of the league. Earlier, his fastest half-century came in 25 balls, which he played against Chennai Super Kings in the 2015 final.

Rohit Sharma played an inning of 78 runs in 38 balls and made a partnership of 148 runs with Ryan Rickelton for the first wicket. In this innings, Rohit hit 6 sixes and the same number of fours. He was caught out by Anukul Roy off the ball of Vaibhav Arora.

Rohit Sharma IPL Career

Hitman Rohit has been playing in the first edition of IPL (2008). In the first three editions, he played for Deccan Chargers, for whom he played 45 matches. In 2011, he joined Mumbai Indians and then became the captain, in 2013 he won MI’s first IPL trophy as captain. Mumbai Indians have won 5 trophies under the captaincy of Rohit. Rohit has scored 7124 runs in 273 matches played in IPL, which includes 2 centuries and 48 half-centuries. Rohit has hit 308 sixes and 646 fours in IPL.

In the second match of the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and scored a big score of 220 runs, but due to weak bowling, this target also seemed small. Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets with 5 balls remaining, which is their biggest successful run chase. In such a situation, the question arose as to why Cameron Green was not given bowling, who was bought by the franchise for a huge amount of Rs 25.20 crore. The same question was asked to KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane after the match, on which he made a shocking revelation.

Cameron Green is a batting all-rounder, who has taken a total of 16 wickets while playing for RCB and MI in the IPL. He has 14 wickets to his name in 28 T20 International matches, which means he bowls well and also has experience. In such a situation, a question arose that why Green was not given bowling, even the commentators were surprised by this. This question was also asked to Ajinkya Rahane after the match.

What did Ajinkya Rahane tell?

Why not make Cameron Green bowl? In response to this question, Ajinkya Rahane said that you should ask this to Cricket Australia. So, has Cricket Australia not allowed Green to bowl in the IPL yet, because if he was not completely fit, he probably would not have even played the match. Rahane said, “I think you should ask this question to Cricket Australia.”

Also gave update on his injury

Ajinkya Rahane had cramps during the match, due to which he had to leave the field and Rinku Singh took over the captaincy. Rahane said, “I am feeling fine, but I am having a lot of cramps, especially in my calves. Hopefully I will be fine.” On the question related to weak bowling, he said, “It was really difficult for the bowlers, they still lack experience. Mumbai Indians batted well, our bowlers will learn.”

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.