Will Jacks, MI’s star all-rounder, has joined the squad and practice session ahead of their crucial match against arch-rivals CSK on Thursday. The 27-year-old English all-rounder was seen practising with his teammates in Wankhede. Will Jacks was not out of the team for any injury reason or because he was dropped for a reason. He actually requested a short-term leave and delayed his IPL 2026 journey for workload management. He had a packed schedule with the T20 World Cup, Ashes and England tour of Sri Lanka and is entitled to take some rest before joining the camp.

Will Jacks is a power-hitting middle-order batsman and also a spinner; his addition to the team will definitely boost MI’s side. He also is in great form since 2024, leading to MI winning an intense auction room battle with Punjab Kings in 2025 to buy him at 5.25 Crores and RCB shocking everyone by not using the RTM Card. Jack concluded the 2026 World Cup Campaign for England on a high note, fetching 4 Player of the Match awards. With MI’s topsy-turvy start in IPL 2026, it will be interesting to see if Mumbai management includes Will Jacks in the CSK game and how they adjust him in the team.

Will the Mumbai Indians include Will Jacks in the Playing XI ahead of the CSK Game

As MI is set to lock horns with CSK on Thursday, not to forget their dry stint this season that has made them stay at the seventh spot in the table with 2 wins out of 6, and also CSK are at eighth spot with 2 wins. Rohit Sharma has also been absent for the last two games due to his hamstring injury and is uncertain in the El Clásico of IPL too. Although Quinton De Kock has replaced him in the squad and in the first game, he has impressed with a century, continuing his SA20 form.

If we look at Will Jacks, he definitely makes a cut. He can open the batting with De Kock, did that earlier too for MI, but he always has been more successful as a middle order role or finishes coming at 6 or 7. Rutherford is already having a good run as a finisher for MI, having 103 runs in the last 5 innings and a century against RCB. But Jacks bring extra to the side.

Jacks can spin, MI has good overseas spinners, Allah Gazanfar and Mitchel Santner, and including Jacks will strengthen their spin against CSK. Also, not to forget, Jacks is in red-hot form ever since the T20 World Cup 2026. He concluded with 226 runs from eight innings at 56.50. His strike rate was a brilliant 176.56. He became the batsman with the most runs batting six or lower in the T20WC edition. Not only with willow but with balls, he has been good too, scalping 9 wickets. Only Shane Watson and Sikandar Raza are two all-rounders who have 200+ runs and 9 wickets in a T20 WC edition. All fans also anticipated Will’s arrival in the squad as soon as possible.

If all goes well in the practice session, Will Jacks will definitely be a part of the Playing XI against CSK on Thursday.