game desk. Five-time champion Mumbai Indians started the IPL 2026 season with a resounding win on the back of stormy innings by Ryan Rickleton (81) and Rohit Sharma (78). In the match played in Mumbai on Sunday, Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets. With this, he managed to win his first match of the season after 14 years in the Indian Premier League.

In the first match of this season against Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, captained by Hardik Pandya, had a target of 221 runs in 20 overs. Which he achieved in 19.1 overs at the loss of only 4 wickets. This was Mumbai’s 25th win against KKR in IPL history. With this, Mumbai Indians has become the first team to win 25 matches against any one team in IPL.

Mumbai Indians did this against Rajasthan Royals in 2013

At the same time, the record of achieving the biggest target in IPL has also been registered in the name of Mumbai Indians. Earlier, Mumbai Indians had achieved the target of 219 runs against Chennai Super Kings in the year 2021. This has also become the biggest successful run chase achieved by any team in IPL history so far at Wankhede Stadium. Earlier, on this ground, Mumbai Indians had achieved the target of 213 runs in the match against Rajasthan Royals in the year 2013.

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