Mumbai Indians (MI) won the toss and chose to bowl first against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their IPL 2026 clash at the Wankhede stadium on May 4. In Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav turned up for the toss and announced something which MI fans wanted to hear for the last few matches. Suryakumar confirmed Rohit Sharma's return in MI's playing XI. Meanwhile, Corbin Bosch walked into MI's playing XI in place for Trent Boult. Meanwhile, Australia's Josh Inglis made LSG debut at the cost of Mukul Chaudhary.
What did the captains say at the toss?
MI stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav, after the toss, said:
"We will look to bowl first. (Any particular reason?) Nothing, it looks good. It's a little humid also tonight. There's no wind. In the second innings, we saw what happened here in the last 2-3 games. So it became a little better. So just want to take advantage and give it to the bowlers. He's (Hardik) not well tonight, so just going into his shoes. But yeah, the rest, everything is fine. There's definitely, Corbin Bosch comes in for Trent Boult and also our very own Rohit Sharma is back. You can't run away from the fact, to be very honest, Mumbai Indians is not known to be in such positions. But at the end of the day, it's just a game, part of the game, you have to put your chin up, play the game for why you love it, and put your hands up. Have that pride and enjoy the game. (Clearly no margin for errors anymore, right?) Can't say it can make us dangerous, but definitely we can try and put our best foot forward. We have five games left. Try and win as many as possible. Show character, enjoy the game, and give some shows to the crowd."
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Meanwhile, LSG skipper Rishabh Pant, after losing the toss, said:
"We would have done the same. In Wankhede it's a good wicket to bat on and you can chase any target. (How does a week off help? Did it help to kind of get together?) It definitely [did], a lot of reflection, what we can do and what we can do as a team and as an individual. One thing we always found out, it's been a tough season for us and there is no running away from that, but one person for us has the most difficult time was our owner Mr. Goenka, he's one of that guy. Everyone knows how passionate he is about cricket and about his team. But at the same time we let down our fans down. The only promise is from this break is, we're gonna give our 200%, try to bring that happiness back and hopefully we can do it for our owner and the fans for sure. (Having a good record against MI) Records help but at the same time when you're clearing your mindset, when you're free, when you're raring to go everything comes together. (Changes for you?) We have three changes. Josh Inglis comes in and Mukul goes out and Raghuwanshi is making his debut and bowling will decide later."
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Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI):
Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav
Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI):
Ryan Rickelton(w), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Will Jacks, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Raghu Sharma
Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult