Mumbai Indians, the five-time champion of the IPL, is looking solid for the IPL 2026. The team is looking great on paper, but the management has a big headache with overseas player selection in front of them. MI has eight solid overseas players who are first-choice players in their national side and are also in great form, but they can only play four of them in a match.

Which overseas players will miss out for Mumbai Indians?

Mumbai Indians features proven overseas match winners like Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Sherfane Rutherford, Corbin Bosch, Will Jacks, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, and AM Ghazanfar.

All of these players regularly feature for their national teams, except AM Ghazanfar. However, he is widely seen as the next Rashid Khan from Afghanistan. MI can play only 4 players from this list of 8 players.

Now, the big question is which four overseas players the Mumbai Indians will pick in their playing XI and who will have to sit on the bench.

Based on the current form, experience, and past combination with Rohit Sharma at the top, MI management is likely to go with Quinton de Kock over Ryan Rickelton at the top.

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Then they have to choose between Will Jacks and Sherfane Rutherford. MI played Jacks regularly in the playing XI last year, but Rutherford has been outstanding for GT. However, after seeing the current form of Will Jack, MI is likely to start with the English all-rounder.

When it comes to bowling, Trent Boult automatically locks his place as Bumrah’s partner, as he has been amazing for the franchise over the years. Now only one spot is left, and MI has options like Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, and AM Ghazanfar. Ghazanfar is not likely to start as MI has an Indian spinner, Mayank Markande. Last year, MI played Bosch and Santner according to the situation. However, after the performance in the T20 World Cup 2026, Mitchell Santer is likely to play regularly, with Corbin Bosch also getting some games.

Here’s the probable playing XI of the Mumbai Indians for IPL 2026.

Rohit Sharma (IP), Quinton de Kock, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Will Jacks, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult