Mumbai Indians finally broke the streak of failure that had been going on for 13 consecutive seasons and started the new season with a win. In its first match of IPL 2026 against Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai registered a resounding victory by 6 wickets on the basis of explosive innings of Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickleton. In this match played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai achieved the target of 221 runs given by KKR in the last over. With this, Mumbai also chased its biggest target in IPL history.
Rahane played a brilliant innings
In this match played on Sunday 29 March Kolkata Knight Riders Batted first and made a big score of 220 runs after losing 4 wickets. For the team, captain Ajinkya Rahane along with new opener Finn Allen (37) made an explosive start of 69 runs. Rahane (67) scored a explosive half-century and then young batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi (51) also hit a strong fifty. For Mumbai, only Shardul Thakur could make some impact and he took 3 out of 4 wickets.
Rohit-Rickleton snatched the match
Mumbai Indians’ opening pair also responded to KKR in their own style. The only difference was that the pair of Rohit Sharma (78) and Ryan Rickleton (81) was more dangerous than KKR and they made a big partnership. Rohit completed his half-centuries in 23 balls and Rickleton completed his half-centuries in 24 balls. Together they made an amazing partnership of 148 runs in just 11.5 overs, which snatched the match from KKR. Although both these stars could not complete their centuries, but by then the fate of the match was decided. Ultimately Mumbai won in 19.1 overs.
Record win, streak of 13 seasons broken
This is the biggest run chase of Mumbai Indians in the history of IPL. Earlier the team had achieved the target of 219. Not only this, Mumbai Indians have won their first match in the new season of IPL after 14 years. Earlier, Mumbai had won its first match in IPL 2012. Then Mumbai had defeated Chennai Super Kings. But since then the team kept losing its first match in 13 consecutive seasons. However, during this period he also won all his five titles.