Delhi: Mumbai Indians (MI) registered a spectacular win by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by six wickets in their second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. This victory was special for Mumbai because the team won its opening match for the first time since 2012.
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KKR made a big score
Kolkata Knight Riders, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 220 runs for four wickets in 20 overs in the match played at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Ajinkya Rahane played an inning of 67 runs, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi made an important contribution of 51 runs.
Mumbai’s innings started with a bang
Mumbai Indians, chasing the target of 221 runs, made a strong start to the match thanks to the strong performance of their openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton. Both the batsmen made a tremendous partnership of 148 runs for the first wicket.
Rohit Sharma’s new record in IPL
Rohit Sharma scored 78 runs in 38 balls, which included six sixes and six fours. He completed his half-century in 23 balls, which also became the fastest half-century in his IPL history. This also proved to be Rohit’s 50th half-century in IPL.
Ryan Rickelton showed promise
Ryan Rickelton played an innings of 81 runs in 43 balls with the help of eight sixes and four fours. His innings helped Mumbai win the match easily.
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Contribution of other players of the team
Suryakumar Yadav scored 16 runs, Tilak Verma played a quick inning of 20 runs. Hardik Pandya scored 18 runs and Naman Dheer kept the team unbeaten by scoring 5 runs. Vaibhav Arora, Karthik Tyagi and Sunil Narine took 1 wicket each from Kolkata.
With this victory of Mumbai Indians, the 13-year-long losing streak in the opening matches was also broken and the team made a strong start in IPL 2026.
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