IPL 2026: 26-year-old Mayank Rawat made his debut, see MI vs PBKS playing-11

The 24th match of IPL 2026 is being played between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). This match will be played on 16 April at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Punjab won the toss and decided to bowl first. In this match, Mumbai enters with changes. Mayank Rawat will make his IPL debut in MI jersey.

 

Both the teams will try to win this IPL 2026 match. Punjab will try to reach the top in the points table by defeating Mumbai in this match. Currently PBKS is at third place in the points table with 7 points after winning 3 out of 4 matches and one match was canceled due to rain. At the same time, Mumbai would like to improve its place in the points table by winning this match. Currently, Mumbai is at number 9 with just 1 win in 4 matches.

 

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Mumbai Indians entered with 3 changes

After losing the toss, MI captain Hardik Pandya said, ‘Now all we are talking about is to keep winning small matches in this match and capture those important moments. Rohit has been out of the last match and it may take a few matches for him to fully recover. Mitchell is also ill, so Mitchell Santner is also not playing today. There are some changes in the team. Quinton de Kock is back and Mayank Rawat is debuting today.

MI vs PBKS Playing-11

  • Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Ryan Rickleton, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dheer, Mayank Rawat, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
    Impact Substitute: AM Ghazanfar, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Ashwini Kumar.
  • Punjab Kings:Prabhsimran Singh (wicket-keeper), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Cooper Connolly, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jensen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vaishyak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
    Impact Substitute: Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur.

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