Jasprit Bumrah, leading Mumbai Indians for the first time, won the toss and elected to bowl first against Punjab Kings in the IPL 2026 match at Dharamsala on Thursday. Bumrah became the 10th captain in Mumbai Indians' history, stepping in as regular skipper Hardik Pandya and stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav were both unavailable for selection.
Bumrah's captaincy debut
Speaking at the toss, Bumrah said, "We have decided to bowl first. We saw the last game and felt maybe with the cold weather coming down the wicket will settle down. It feels good. I came here as a 19-year-old. I didn't think that I will be a Test captain before becoming MI captain. I like responsibility, this is a new challenge and I will look to have fun. As much as we can, we can three games left and we want to enjoy and maybe ruffle a few teams. Surya is not here for personal reasons and Allah is not there as well."
Team changes
Mumbai Indians brought in Sherfane Rutherford and Shardul Thakur, with Rohit Sharma likely to be their Impact Player later in the game. Punjab Kings made three changes, bringing in Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, and Azmatullah Omarzai.
Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians: Ryan Rickelton (w), Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Will Jacks, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Raghu Sharma
Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Krish Bhagat, Trent Boult
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Mitchell Owen, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey
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