MIvKKR: 14-YEAR JINX BROKEN!!! - As it happened

MIvKKR: 14-YEAR JINX BROKEN!!! - As it happened

By Mumbai Indians

Paltan, this is what we wanted. This is the start we were always after. Two points in the first game. Wow, this feels new. 😁 Let's celebrate this one, eh. Sleep well, Paltan!

23:12 IST: THAT IS IT. 2012. 2026. We've waited 14 years, and the vanvaas ends here 😅 .. Mumbai Indians are home, victorious in the first game of a season. Done. Dusted. In style. The highest successful chase for us at the Wankhede, and we've done it with five balls to spare. Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton headlined this chase, with a stunning 148-run opening stand 🔥. SKY, HP and Tilak came in, smashed it around, and made sure there were no surprises at the end. 

Oh that's so, so unfortunate for Ryan Rickelton. He was looking so good for a century, but falls to a freak dismissal, getting stuck behind the bowler while trying to make his way back into the crease. But a brilliant 81-run knock. मानला रे तुला 👏 

22:46 IST: The equation now: 38 runs off five overs with eight wickets in the bank. Let's get this over quickly!! 💪

The madness ends. Oh, that was some statement innings from the Hitman. 78 runs | 38 balls | 6 fours | 6 sixes. He's put MI well in front here. Surya Dad walks out as the Impact player, and guess what? The first ball? Suplaaaa...

22:20 IST: 10 overs ✅. MI: 122/0. Need 99 in 60 balls. Paltan, have the nerves eased down? Can you smell the 14-year voodoo ending tonight? 😉

🔥🔥 and it is Rickelton's turn now. A 24-ball FIFTY, 2 fours | 6 sixes. BEAST MODE 🔛 at the Wankhede! 

𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 the Powerplay bowlers away in the first six! Current RR: 13.33 Required RR: 10.

ROHIT SHARMA - THE HITMAN. THE BOSS. 🤯 A 23-ball FIFTY, his 50th 50+ score in the IPL. Mumbaicha Raja #AalaRe! 

22:00 IST: Carnage, absolute carnage. Rohit Sharma, vintage. Ryan Rickelton, brilliant. The duo have gotten Mumbai off to the best possible start - 80/0 in the powerplay. 

Oh, ho, ho, ho. Rohit Sharma, typical, ROHIT SHARMA🔥. Pulled off the front foot, and smoked over long-on. Oh he's in the mood tonight. This chase is going to be fun. 

Bola, Paltan, GANPATI BAPPA MORYAAA!! 🙏

21:30 IST: DUMDAAR chase is on, Paltan. R-R is back at the top for MI. Let's break the 14-year jinx, shall we?

Right then, folks. Target locked 🎯: 221 to win. Jasprit Bumrah, the magician✨, was just too good to put away at the death. Onto our batters now, where there's no shortage of firepower! 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏! 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒈𝒐 𝑴𝑰 💙

20:55 IST: ...And Shardul Thakur bowls out. 4 overs | 43 runs | 3 wickets. KKR's batters have been among rthe runs tonight, but we've pulled it back rather well here. Paltan, aayega, Apna Time Aayega! KKR: 191/3 (17 overs). 

20:40 IST: Woah, this is some resurgence. Quiet overs, dot balls, and wickets. Who else, but LORD THAKUR! 

☝️ Finn Allen c Tilak b Thakur 

☝️ Cameron Green c Rutherford b Thakur

☝️ Ajinkya Rahane c Pandya b Thakur 

20:20 IST: Arre, aree!! 𝔾𝕆𝕃𝔻𝔼ℕ 𝔸ℝ𝕄 for a reason 💪 Shardul is just enjoying himself at home here. He has another scalp to his name, this time the big one in Cameron Green 👏.. and is successfully clawing us back into this game as Ajinkya Rahane is leading the charge for KKR with a well-made fifty. KKR: 131/2 (11 overs). 

 

19:55 IST: Mumbai cha Mulga, SHARDUL THAKURRRRR, #AalaRe. First over in the Blue and Gold, getting the breakthrough and getting MI back after KKR were off to a flier in the powerplay. Maanla re tula!! KKR: 78/1 (6 overs).

19:40 IST: It's a nice, green looking pitch out there at the Wankhede. It's swinging, and how! We are in for one serious fast bowling treat here. 🔥🔥

19:30 IST: For the first time in 2026, Paltan,  GANPATI BAPPAAAAAA… MORYA!!!!! 🙏

Our playing XI announced 

Three debutants then in the Blue and Gold - Sherfane Rutherford, Shardul Thakur and Allah Ghazanfar 💪. Akkhe Mumbai mein shor machne do...🎶🔈

19:00 IST: Woohooo!!!! 🥳 The first bit of joy goes our way: MUMBAI INDIANS WIN THE TOSS AND OPT TO BOWL! ✅

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18:40 IST: Ho, ho, ho, ho. Let the games begin! 💙 14 years, that’s how long it has been since Mumbai Indians won their first game at the IPL. Surely this is it. At our fortress, the Wankhede, against a team we’ve historically had the edge over. Rohit Sharma in hot form raring to go after a break, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Tilak Varma, fresh from the high of winning India the T20 World Cup, the reunion of Quinton de Kock, Sherfane Rutherford and Trent Boult to bring back the 2019-20 years, the arrival of the home boy, Shardul Thakur. Oh we’re loving this already.😍