Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton blew smoke with the bat, MI made a winning start in IPL 2026 by chasing the target of 221 runs.

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 30, 2026

In this match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday (29 March), Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. Kolkata Knight Riders, who came to bat first, had a fast start. Captain Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen gave a great start to the team by adding 69 runs in 32 balls for the first wicket. Finn Allen played an aggressive inning of 37 runs in 17 balls, while Rahane scored 67 runs in 40 balls, which included 3 fours and 5 sixes.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi also batted well in the middle order. He strengthened the team’s score by scoring 51 runs in 29 balls. In the last overs, Rinku Singh scored unbeaten 33 runs in 21 balls and took the team to 220 runs in 20 overs.

Shardul Thakur was most successful in bowling for Mumbai Indians and he took 3 wickets. Captain Hardik Pandya got 1 wicket.

Mumbai Indians, who set out to chase the target of 221 runs, had a stellar start. Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton made a brilliant partnership of 148 runs in 72 balls for the first wicket and completely turned the match towards Mumbai. Rohit Sharma played an explosive inning of 78 runs in 38 balls, which included 6 fours and 6 sixes. Ryan Rickelton scored 81 runs in 43 balls, which included 4 fours and 8 sixes.

In the end, captain Hardik Pandya scored unbeaten 18 runs in 11 balls to lead the team to victory and Mumbai Indians achieved the target with 5 balls remaining.

For Kolkata Knight Riders, only Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narayan and Karthik Tyagi could take 1 wicket each.

In this way, Mumbai Indians won the match by 6 wickets and won the opening match of IPL after 13 consecutive defeats since 2012.