Mumbai Indians opener Quinton de Kock is ruled out of the marquee clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. The South Africa international has picked up a wrist injury, as captain Hardik Pandya confirmed. He has been replaced by Ryan Rickelton and will open alongside Will Jacks, who will play his first game of the season. He replaced Danish Malewar at the top of the order.ย
Meanwhile, Mumbai have dropped Sherfane Rutherford from the playing XI, allowing Jacks to return to the squad. On the other hand, Mitchell Santner, who is ruled out of the season, has been replaced by the returning Trent Boult.ย
โMitchell was unfortunate, as was Quinny today; he had a wrist injury. There are a couple of changes: Rickelton comes in, Minz is in,โ Pandya said after the toss.
MI opt to bat first
Mumbai have won the toss and elected to bat first at the Wankhede Stadium. However, Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins was happy with fielding first, stating that the wicket looked tacky and he believes that the bowlers can take advantage of that.ย
โIt looks like there might be a little bit of tackiness in the wicket, so happy (to bowl first). I think you’ve just got to reset your expectations every game. It is pretty high scoring normally, so just try and execute skills, don’t overthink it. You know, this pitch might ask of something different of you this game, and just go with a clear mind.ย
It looks like there might be a little bit of tackiness in the wicket, so happy (to bowl first). I think you’ve just got to reset your expectations every game. It is pretty high scoring normally, so just try and execute skills, don’t overthink it. You know, this pitch might ask of something different of you this game, and just go with a clear mind.ย
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Robin Minz, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar
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