A solid partnership from Quinton de Kock and Naman Dhir has revived and stabilised the Mumbai Indians’ innings after losing two quick wickets during the IPL 2026 game played at Wankhede.

After Arshdeep Singh picked the wickets of Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav on back-to-back deliveries in the 3rd over, the duo stitched the partnership, turning the tables against the Punjab Kings bowlers.

After being invited to bat first, Ryan Rickelton and Quinton de Kock opened the innings while Arshdeep Singh opened the bowling attack.

He also reached his 100th IPL wicket with this dismissal. With his dismissal for 2 runs, Suryakumar Yadav also lost his wicket on the very next ball in the golden duck putting pressure on Mumbai Indians.

However, Quinton de Kock and Naman Dhir forged a 100+ run partnership and de Kock smashed his 28-ball fifty. He smashed his 25th IPL fifty, while Naman Dhir brought his fifty on 29 deliveries.

Speaking on the toss, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said, “We are looking to bowl first. Our combination has been splendid so far so we want to continue. Team should stick to the present and not to get complacent. Looks a bit dry. We are going with the same team.”

Meanwhile, MI captain Hardik Pandya said, “We were looking to bowl first as well. Time to get W. I think last game we went for 4 20 plus overs and as a group we are aware of what not to be done. Ro misses out from last game, he will take a couple of games. Santner also misses out.”

Mumbai Indians Playing 11: Quinton de Kock(w), Ryan Rickelton, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dhir, Mayank Rawat, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah

Punjab Kings Playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Cooper Connolly, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.