The Wankhede Stadium hosted a high-scoring thriller as Kolkata Knight Riders locked horns with the Mumbai Indians in the second match of Indian Premier League 2026. With five balls remaining, the Mumbai Indians chased down a mammoth target of 221 runs to seal a handsome six-wicket victory. MI recovered courtesy of explosive knocks from Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton and star bowler Shardul Thakur. KKR posted a mammoth 220/4 in 20 overs, courtesy impressive half-centuries by Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi. The match kept the viewers engaged with explosive batting, fast boundaries and shifting momentum along the way.
Player of the Match: Shardul Thakur (MI) for taking 3 wickets for 39 runs.Result: Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining).Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.Date: March 29, 2026.
Batting R B M 4s 6s SR Ajinkya Rahane (c) c Pandya b Thakur 67 40 69 3 5 167.5 Finn Allen c Tilak Varma b Thakur 37 17 26 6 2 217.64 Cameron Green c Rutherford b Thakur 18 10 18 1 1 180 Angkrish Raghuvanshi † c Tilak Varma b Pandya 51 29 50 6 2 175.86 Rinku Singh not out 33 21 34 4 0 157.14 Ramandeep Singh not out 4 4 8 0 0 100
Extras (lb 2, nb 1, w 7) 10 Total 20 Ov (RR: 11.00) 220/4
Bowling O M R W ECON 0s WD NB Trent Boult 4 0 38 0 9.5 7 3 0 Hardik Pandya 3 0 39 1 13 7 2 0 AM Ghazanfar 4 0 51 0 12.75 6 1 0 Jasprit Bumrah 4 0 35 0 8.75 4 1 1 Shardul Thakur 4 0 39 3 9.75 7 0 0 Mayank Markande 1 0 16 0 16 1 0 0
Batting R B M 4s 6s SR Ryan Rickelton † run out (Roy) 81 43 82 4 8 188.37 Rohit Sharma c Roy b Arora 78 38 61 6 6 205.26 Suryakumar Yadav c Singh b Kartik Tyagi 16 8 11 3 0 200 Tilak Varma c sub (MK Pandey) b Narine 20 14 25 4 0 142.85 Hardik Pandya (c) not out 18 11 20 3 0 163.63 Naman Dhir not out 5 2 3 1 0 250
Extras (lb 2, nb 1, w 3) 6 Total 19.1 Ov (RR: 11.68) 224/4
Bowling O M R W ECON 0s WD NB Vaibhav Arora 4 0 52 1 13 8 1 0 Blessing Muzarabani 3 0 34 0 11.33 6 0 0 Varun Chakravarthy 4 0 48 0 12 5 1 0 Kartik Tyagi 4 0 43 1 10.75 9 0 1 Sunil Narine 3 0 30 1 10 6 0 0 Anukul Roy 1.1 0 15 0 12.85 1 1 0
Ground Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Toss Mumbai Indians, elected to field first Series Indian Premier League Season 2026 Player Of The Match Shardul Thakur Hours of play (local time) 19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45 Match days 29 March 2026 – night (20-over match) KKR Player Replacement Impact player: Kartik Tyagi in, Finn Allen out (1st innings, 19.6 ov) MI Player Replacement Impact player: Suryakumar Yadav in, Jasprit Bumrah out (2nd innings, 11.5 ov) Umpires Anish Sahasrabudhe DRS Saidharshan Kumar DRS TV Umpire Nitin Menon Reserve Umpire Vinod Seshan Match Referee Shakti Singh Points Mumbai Indians 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
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