Mumbai Indians made a special record by defeating Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings captured the top.

IPL 2026: The second match of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League was played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In this match, Mumbai lost to Kolkata by 6 wickets. In this match, Mumbai chased the biggest total in IPL history and gave historical runs. Mumbai achieved victory by scoring 224 runs out of the target of 221 runs given by Kolkata. With this historic victory, Mumbai Indians have made a big record in their name.

Special milestone registered in the name of Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians have achieved a special position by registering victory in this match. Mumbai, captained by Hardik Pandya, remains the second team in the history of the Indian Premier League to register victory while chasing more than 200 runs for the most number of times.

Punjab Kings team is at the top in this list. He has won the most number of times while chasing the target of 200 plus runs. Punjab has done this 8 times. Whereas Mumbai Indians have done this feat 6 times. In this list, below Mumbai Indians i.e. in third place is Rajasthan Royals, who have won 4 times while chasing 200 plus runs in IPL.

Most chasers of more than 200 runs in IPL

8 – Punjab Kings
6 – Mumbai Indians
4 – Rajasthan Royals
4 – Sunrisers Hyderabad
4 – Royal Challengers Bangalore

How was the condition of Mumbai and Kolkata match?

Talking about this match, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Kolkata scored 220 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing this target, Mumbai Indians lost 4 wickets in 19.1 overs and won the match by scoring 224 runs with 5 balls remaining.

In this match, Ajinkya Rahane played an inning of 67 runs with 3 fours and 5 sixes in 40 balls for Kolkata Knight Riders. Apart from him, Finn Allen contributed 37 runs in 17 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Angkrish Suryavanshi played a half-century innings for the team. He scored 51 runs in 29 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Rink Singh played an unbeaten inning of 33 runs. Whereas for Mumbai, Shardul Thakur took 3 wickets for 39 runs in 4 overs and won the Player of the Match award.

In this match, former captain Rohit Sharma played a explosive innings for Mumbai Indians. He played a stormy inning of 78 runs in 38 balls with 6 fours and 6 sixes. His all-rounder Ryan Richelten played an explosive inning of 81 runs in 43 balls with 4 fours and 8 sixes. For the team, Surya scored 16 runs, Tilak Verma scored 20 and Hardik Pandya scored 18 runs. For KKR, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora and Sunil Narayan took 1 wicket each.

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