Rohit Sharma’s brilliant fifty, Rickelton’s fifty, Mumbai Indians start with victory

By Sandy Verma On Mar 30, 2026

MI vs KKR: indian premier league 2026 The second match of (IPL 2026) was played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders and in this match Mumbai registered a resounding victory. Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, KKR team could score a total of 220 runs, which Mumbai chased in just 19.1 overs. Rohit Sharma hit a brilliant fifty. After 15 years, Mumbai has won the opening match. The last time the team won the opening match was in the year 2012.

Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders scored a big score of 220 runs after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Ajinkya Rahane batted brilliantly for the team and scored 67 runs in 40 balls, which included 3 fours and 5 sixes. Finn Allen gave a fast start and scored 37 runs in 17 balls, while Cameron Green played a short but useful inning of 18 runs in 10 balls. In the middle order, Angkrish Raghuvanshi strengthened the team by scoring 51 runs in 29 balls.

Shardul Thakur’s 3 wickets

In the end Rinku Singh remained unbeaten after scoring 33 runs. He hit a total of 4 fours in the last overs, apart from this Ramandeep Singh was not out on 4 runs. Returned. In this way, KKR scored a strong total on the basis of aggressive batting. Talking about Mumbai’s bowling, Shardul Thakur took 3 wickets. Hardik Pandya also took 1 wicket in his name. Overall, Mumbai Indians’ bowling was poor in this match.

Rohit Sharma’s brilliant batting

While chasing, Mumbai Indians won in just 19.1 overs. Rohit Sharma gave a great start to the team. He played a total innings of 78 runs in 38 balls. He hit 6 fours and 6 sixes in his innings. Ryan Relicton also played brilliantly and scored 81 runs in 43 balls. Suryakumar Yadav was out after scoring 16 runs in 8 balls. With this win, Mumbai Indians registered 2 points.