The second match of the Indian Premier League 2026 (IPL 2026) is being played on March 29 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This match is being played between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). 20-year-old AM Ghazanaf is making his IPL debut, while Suryakumar Yadav is not included in Mumbai’s playing 11. However, he is definitely included in the list of impact players.

AM Ghazanaf is an Afghanistan bowler who was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 4.80 crore in the IPL 2026 auction. Finn Allen and Blessing Muzarabani are making their IPL debut in KKR jersey. KKR bought Finn Allen for Rs 2 crore, while after Mustafizur Rahman’s exit from the IPL, KKR signed Blessing Muzarabani for his base price of Rs 75 lakh.

Team combination of Mumbai and Kolkata

Before the match between Mumbai and Kolkata, during the toss, the captains of both the teams made the playing combination clear. Hardik Pandya also won the toss and chose to bowl and declared the pitch to be green. Mumbai will take the field with 6 bowlers and 5 batsmen. He expressed confidence in the balance of the team’s experience and young players. Whereas Ajinkya Rahane said that there is a lot of grass on the pitch, hence he wanted to bowl first. The team will field with 6 batsmen and 5 bowlers, which include four foreign players.

MI vs KKR Playing 11

• Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickleton (wicket-keeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dheer, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Markande, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
  Impact Substitute: Suryakumar Yadav, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Ashwini Kumar.


• Kolkata Knight Riders: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicket-keeper), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani.
  Impact Substitute: Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, Tejasvi Dahiya.