De Kock out with a wrist injury, Will Jacks finally walks out for Mumbai at Wankhede
Mumbai Indians keep losing names from the team sheet. Quinton de Kock missed the toss against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday night with a wrist injury, the latest in a season where Hardik Pandya has not been allowed to settle on a first-choice batting line-up.
Hardik confirmed the absence after winning the toss and choosing to bat first at the Wankhede. "Mitchell was unfortunate, as was Quinny today; he had a wrist injury," he told the broadcasters. "There are a couple of changes. Rickelton comes in, Minz is in." Ryan Rickelton, already in the XI as keeper alongside de Kock in earlier matches, stays behind the stumps. Will Jacks slots in at the top of the order to open with him.
Jacks finally turns up
The Englishman has been on Mumbai's books since the 2025 mega auction, when they paid 5.25 crore for him, and he was retained for this season. A packed England schedule across the start of the year delayed his arrival, and Match 41 is the first time he has been available in IPL 2026. Mumbai have been waiting for a clean ball-striker who can match the pace of a season that has so far averaged close to ten an over.
Sherfane Rutherford is the man to make way. Robin Minz comes in as a middle-order option, a role Mumbai have moved several players through this season.
Boult returns, Santner is gone for the season
Trent Boult is the other welcome face. He comes back into the bowling group after a few games out, replacing Mitchell Santner, who has been ruled out of the rest of IPL 2026 with a shoulder injury. Mumbai signed Keshav Maharaj from South Africa earlier this week as the replacement, but the Boult-Bumrah new-ball pairing was always the one Hardik wanted to lean on at home.
Rohit Sharma is the headline absentee. He has not played since pulling a hamstring in the loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru on April 12 and is still a couple of matches away from being fit. With Mumbai sitting ninth in a tight table, every game without him is one fewer chance to push the run difference back into playoff range.
SRH arrive in Mumbai with form on their side
Sunrisers, by contrast, walk into Wankhede with four days of rest and the memory of chasing 229 in Jaipur on April 25. Pat Cummins has gone with a familiar group: Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma opening, Ishan Kishan keeping at three, Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy in the middle, and a long bowling tail of Harsh Dubey, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga and Cummins himself. The captain said at the toss he was content to field first because he felt the pitch had a tackiness to it under the early evening lights.
Both Wankhede games this season have produced totals north of 220, and a Mumbai side missing both their first-choice opener and their captain is going to have to find runs against a Sunrisers attack that has Cummins, Eshan Malinga and Praful Hinge sharing the new ball. For Jacks, it is not the gentlest possible introduction.
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