Mumbai Indians (MI) have made a mid-season addition ahead of their clash against Punjab Kings, signing 21-year-old Krish Bhagat as a replacement for the injured Atharva Ankolekar.
Ankolekar, who was picked at his base price of INR 30 lakh in the auction, has been ruled out of IPL 2026 after suffering a meniscus tear earlier this year during a Ranji Trophy game. The injury required surgery and cut short what was supposed to be his first IPL season. Ankolekar won the Player of the Match performance in the 2019 U-19 Asia Cup final. He was in the Under-19 team alongside the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Dhruv Jurel and Ravi Bishnoi.
Who is Krish Bhagat, new MI player?
Bhagat, meanwhile, comes in with promise but limited experience. The Punjab all-rounder has featured in seven first-class matches and nine List A games so far. He is a right-arm medium pacer who can bat in the middle order, and his recent domestic performances have been encouraging. In the Vijay Hazare Trophy this season, he scored a brisk 51 and also picked up 3/33 in another game, meaning he is a budding all-rounder.
Full Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2026
AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande (traded), Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Shardul Thakur (traded), Sherfane Rutherford (traded), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks, Danish Malewar (INR 30 lakh), Quinton de Kock (INR 1 Cr), Krish Bhagat (INR 30 lakh) (injured), Mayank Rawat (INR 30 lakh), Mohammad Izhar (INR 30 lakh)
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