The 2026 season was Mumbai Indians' nineteenth appearance in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the ten cricket teams that competed in the 2026 IPL. The team was captained by Hardik Pandya and coached by Mahela Jayawardene.
Mumbai Indians were the second team to be eliminated from the 2026 IPL and finished the season in ninth place with four wins from 14 matches. Ryan Rickelton scored the most runs (448) while Allah Ghazanfar took the most wickets (15) for Mumbai in the 2026 season.
Pre-season
The 2026 Indian Premier League was the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Mumbai Indians are the joint-most successful franchise with 5 title wins. The team finished in fourth place in the previous season. The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 28 March to 31 May 2026. Mumbai played all their home matches at Wankhede Stadium.
Player retention Franchises were allowed to retain any number of players from their squad. Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 15 November 2025. Mumbai retained twenty players, including captain Hardik Pandya and former captain Rohit Sharma. Mumbai traded in Shardul Thakur from Lucknow Super Giants, Sherfane Rutherford from Gujarat Titans and Mayank Markande from Kolkata Knight Riders. Mumbai also traded Arjun Tendulkar to Lucknow.
+ Retained players Domestic Overseas Raj Angad Bawa Jasprit Bumrah Deepak Chahar Naman Dhir Ashwani Kumar Mayank Markande Robin Minz Hardik Pandya Raghu Sharma Rohit Sharma Shardul Thakur Tilak Varma Suryakumar Yadav Corbin Bosch Trent Boult Allah Ghazanfar Will Jacks Ryan Rickelton Sherfane Rutherford Mitchell Santner + Released players Batters Wicket-keepers All-rounders Bowlers Bevon Jacobs Jonny Bairstow Krishnan Shrijith Charith Asalanka Richard Gleeson Vignesh Puthur Mujeeb Ur Rahman Satyanarayana Raju Karn Sharma Arjun Tendulkar Reece Topley Lizaad Williams
Auction The season's auction took place on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The auction purse for each franchise was set at , with franchises being deducted an amount from the purse for every retained player. Mumbai had a purse remaining of . Mumbai bought five players in the auction, including one capped overseas player.
+ Auctioned players Domestic Overseas Capped Uncapped Capped Uncapped Atharva Ankolekar Mohammad Izhar Danish Malewar Mayank Rawat Quinton de Kock
Squad Players with international caps as of start of 2026 IPL are listed in bold. Ages are as of . Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol () and placed at the bottom of the table.
+ Mumbai Indians squad for the 2026 Indian Premier League Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Salary Notes 6 Krish Bhagat Right-handed Right-arm medium Replacement 9 Tilak Varma Left-handed Right-arm off break 13 Robin Minz Left-handed 18 Trent Boult Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast Overseas 19 Naman Dhir Right-handed Right-arm off break 22 Will Jacks Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas 33 Hardik Pandya Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Captain 37 Corbin Bosch Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas 42 Ashwani Kumar Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 44 Ryan Rickelton Left-handed Overseas 45 Rohit Sharma Right-handed Right-arm off break 54 Shardul Thakur Right-handed Right-arm medium 56 Deepak Chahar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 63 Suryakumar Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off break Stand-in captain 68 Sherfane Rutherford Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas 93 Jasprit Bumrah Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Stand-in captain Ruchit Ahir Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Replacement Allah Ghazanfar Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas Mohammad Izhar Right-handed Left-arm medium Mahipal Lomror Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Replacement Keshav Maharaj Right-handed Left-arm orthodox Overseas; replacement Danish Malewar Right-handed Right-arm leg break Mayank Markande Right-handed Right-arm leg break Mayank Rawat Right-handed Right-arm off break Raghu Sharma Right-handed Right-arm leg break 12 Raj Angad Bawa Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Withdrawn 74 Mitchell Santner Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Overseas; withdrawn Atharva Ankolekar Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Withdrawn Quinton de Kock Left-handed Overseas; withdrawn
Support staff Position Name Head coach Mahela Jayawardene Batting coach Kieron Pollard Bowling coach Lasith MalingaParas Mhambrey Fielding coach Carl Hopkinson Source: News18
League stage Mumbai Indians began their season with a win against Kolkata for the first time since the 2012 season. They lost their next four matches to Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings. They won their next match against Gujarat; but lost the next three matches to Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai again. They won their next match against Lucknow, but lost to Bengaluru and were eliminated from the season. They won their next match against Punjab, but lost the last two matches of the season to Kolkata and Rajasthan to finish the league stage at the ninth place with eight points.
Points table
League progression
Fixtures
Statistics
+ Most runs Runs Player 448 Ryan Rickelton 359 Tilak Varma 318 Naman Dhir 283 Rohit Sharma 270 Suryakumar Yadav + Most wickets Wickets Player 15 Allah Ghazanfar 12 Corbin Bosch Shardul Thakur 8 Deepak Chahar 6 Ashwani Kumar
References
External links
Mumbai Indians at IPLT20.com