IPL 2026 : Mumbai Indians have suffered a big blow during the Indian Premier League 2026. The team had to lose its most reliable and dangerous player in the middle of the tournament. Now the team has found his replacement. Actually, Mumbai Indians have included Keshav Maharaj in their squad as a replacement for injured Mitchell Santner. New Zealand’s left-arm spin all-rounder has been replaced by South Africa’s left-arm star spin bowler.
Maharaj joins Mumbai Indians squad
This information has been given by posting on the social media account X of the Indian Premier League. According to this, Mumbai Indians (MI) have signed South African spinner Keshav Maharaj in place of Mitchell Santner, Mitchell Santner has been ruled out of Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 due to left shoulder injury.
Wishing you a speedy recovery, Mitch! 💙 pic.twitter.com/1M36hlUhjo
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 27, 2026
Santner suffered the injury while trying to take a catch near the boundary during MI’s last home match against Chennai Super Kings. Maharaj is an experienced left-arm spinner, who recently played in the T20I series against New Zealand. He has played two IPL matches playing for Rajasthan Royals in 2024. He has joined MI for a fee of INR 75 lakh.
🚨 Player Replacement 🚨@mipaltan Sign Keshav Maharaj as replacement for the injured Mitchell Santner.
More details 🔽 | #TATAIPL | #KhelBindaas
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 27, 2026
Keshav Maharaj has played IPL before also. He played IPL for Rajasthan Royals in 2024. He has played only 2 matches in IPL so far. During this period he has got only 2 wickets. Now he would like to create a stir in the IPL on behalf of Mumbai.
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Mumbai Indians have confirmed the signing of South African left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj as a replacement for Mitchell Santner, who has been… pic.twitter.com/B5e2R3zwy2
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 27, 2026
Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2026
Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Ryan Rickelton, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dheer, Mayank Rawat, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Trent Boult, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Ashwini Kumar, Will Jacques, Mayank Markande, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, AM Ghazanfar, Danish Malewar, Krish Bhagat, Mohammad Salahuddin Izhar
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