IPL 2026: This foreign player suddenly entered Mumbai Indians, joined the team before the match against CSK.

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 22, 2026

IPL 2026: After winning the second match in the Indian Premier League 2026, another good news has emerged for Mumbai Indians. Actually, England’s star all-rounder Will Jacques has joined the Mumbai Indians team. Not only this, Will Jacques was seen practicing before the match to be played against Chennai Super Kings on 23 April.

England all-rounder Will Jacques joins Mumbai Indians team

Will Jacques had requested Mumbai Indians to join the IPL 2026 season a little late. Actually, after playing in T20 World Cup 2026, Will Jacques was on a break and was spending time with his family. During the break, he was holidaying with his fiancee Anna Brumwell in places like Paris and Morocco. Before the start of the season, Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene had said that Jacques would join the team after some time. Now Jacques has joined the squad of Mumbai Indians.

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Will Jacques created a stir with both bat and ball in the T20 World Cup 2026.

Mumbai Indians made Will Jacques a part of their team by buying them for Rs 5.25 crore in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Jacques has been in excellent form for some time now, in the T20 World Cup played in February-March, he created a stir with his all-round performance and took the team to the semi-finals. In the T20 World Cup 2026, he scored 226 runs in 8 matches at an average of 56.50 and strike rate of 176.56. Apart from this, in bowling he took 9 wickets at an economy of 9.75 and an average of 21.66. During this period, Will Jacques won the Player of the Match award four times.

Will Jacques can prove to be a trump card for Mumbai Indians

The arrival of Will Jacques must have brought a lot of relief to the Mumbai Indians team. He can prove to be a trump card for the team this season. He is an off-spin bowler, who bowls economically and takes wickets. Apart from this, he scores runs with the bat. Will Jacques had a total of 233 runs in 13 matches in the last season IPL 2025. Apart from this, he took 6 wickets in bowling. Now it remains to be seen how his performance is in IPL 2026.

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