Arshdeep Singh rocked the Mumbai Indians (MI) with a double-strike in consecutive balls during the early stages of their IPL 2026 match today. In the third over of the MI innings (specifically 2.1 and 2.2), Arshdeep dismissed two key players, Ryan Rickelton had just made two runs and was caught by Shashank Singh at deep square leg off the first ball of the over.

The second wicket was of Suryakumar Yadav who was already struggling since the start of the tournament and had made just one significant half century but was dismissed for 0 on the very next delivery, caught by Yuzvendra Chahal. With the wicket of Ryan Rickelton, Arshdeep Singh officially reached the 100-wicket milestone in his IPL career. He is the 31st bowler in the history of the league to reach this mark. Arshdeep Singh started with an incredibly tight first over (conceding just 1 run) and took 2 wickets for just 4 runs in his first 2 overs.

 

MI faces early blow against PBKS

Mumbai Indians (MI) are in a deep hole at the Wankhede Stadium, having lost their top order in the first few overs of their IPL 2026 clash against the Punjab Kings (PBKS). Even before the game started, MI suffered a massive setback as Rohit Sharma was ruled out due to a hamstring injury.Arshdeep Singh dismissed Ryan Rickelton (2) to reach the milestone of 100 IPL wickets.

On the very next ball, Arshdeep removed the dangerous Suryakumar Yadav for a first-ball duck, caught sharply by Yuzvendra Chahal. MI is currently trying to rebuild with Quinton de Kock and Naman Dhir at the crease.

Captain Shreyas Iyer elected to bowl first, citing the potential for dew later in the evening.Off-spin all-rounder Mayank Rawat was handed his debut, replacing the ill Mitchell Santner.MI has options like Allah Ghazanfar and Corbin Bosch, while PBKS can bring in players like Harpreet Brar or Nehal Wadhera.