India T20 World Cup captain Suryakumar Yadav has been named in the Impact Player substitute list as Mumbai Indians open their IPL 2026 campaign against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Suryakumar started on the bench, with MI opting for a combination that included AM Ghazanfar on debut and Ryan Rickelton ahead of Quinton de Kock at the top. Shardul Thakur slotted in to add batting depth while another spin option rounded out the bowling unit.
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“We wanted to bowl, we’ve never seen that much grass at Wankhede. Preparations have been good, couple of camps in Calcutta and Mumbai too. Know that MI are a champion team and we’re looking forward to playing against them. Just stay in the moment and don’t look at the past. Couple of injuries – we’re going with 6 batsmen and 5 players Allse, Sunilron Finrine and bowlers Sun Green Finn. Blessings Muzarabani,” said KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane at the toss.
“We’re going to bowl. It looks like a good track, it seems greener than before. Let’s see how it plays. This is our fort, the crowd is behind us and we’re trying to play a good game. We’ve started a couple of weeks early, we’ve got a lot of experience and a mix of youth. Rohit, Surya, Mitchell Santner – so we’re not short of captains and we’re going there6.” bowlers and 5 batsmen,” MI captain Hardik Pandya said.
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dhir, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Markande, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
Impact players: Suryakumar Yadav, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Ashwani Kumar.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (week), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani.
Impact playersCast: Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, Tejasvi Dahiya.
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Published on:
29 March 2026 19:17 IST
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