MI vs KKR Who Won the Toss Today? – Match 2 IPL 2026 Toss Update

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has won the toss and elected to bowl first in their first IPL 2026 match against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium. The toss took place at 07:00 pm IST, with the proceedings to start at 07:30 pm IST. 

Toss Decision – Captain’s Comments & Reasoning

"We're gonna bowl first. It is a good track, but a bit greener. Got such a wonderful crowd, and this is our fortress. The boys had enough time to prepare for the season. Rohit, Surya and Santner are there to help me," Hardik Pandya said.

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ajinkya Rahane would have bowled first as well had he won the toss. 

"We were looking to bowl first. I haven't seen this much grass on the pitch over here. The boys are excited as preparations have been good. It is good to start in Mumbai and looks to take off from here. We are not focusing on our record against Mumbai," he said. 

Playing XIs

Mumbai Indians: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ryan Rickelton^* (wk), 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Hardik Pandya (capt), 5 Sherfane Rutherford^*, 6 Naman Dhir, 7 Shardul Thakur 8 Mayank Markande, 9 AM Ghazanfar^*, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Trent Boult^*

Subs: Suryakumar Yadav, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Ashwani Kumar

Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Finn Allen^*, 2 Ajinkya Rahane (capt), 3 Cameron Green^*, 4 Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk) 5 Rinku Singh, 6 Ramandeep Singh, 7 Anukul Roy, 8 Sunil Narine^*, 9 Vaibhav Arora, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Blessing Muzarabani^*

Subs: Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, Rovman Powell

Toss Result Today – MI vs KKR Match 2 IPL 2026 

Q1: Who won the toss today in the MI vs KKR Match 2 IPL 2026?

MI captain Hardik Pandya has won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Q2: What was the toss time today?

The toss took place at 7:00 pm IST.

Q3: Why did the captain choose to bowl first?

Hardik Pandya has decided to bowl first because of the green wicket.

Q4: Where is today’s match being played?

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai