Will Jacks Joined Mumbai Indians, IPL 2026: Mumbai Indians won the first match in IPL 2026. After this the team had to face defeat in the next four matches. Then in the sixth match, MI made a comeback and won. Now, before the seventh match against Chennai Super Kings on Thursday (April 23), Hardik Pandya’s ‘Brahmastra’ has joined Mumbai, which will obviously give further strength to the team.
According to Cricbuzz, England’s star batsman Will Jacks has joined Mumbai. Was waiting for him for a long time. It was reported that Jacques was seen practicing before the match against Chennai at Wankhede. The arrival of the English opener will obviously give strength to Mumbai. Along with batting, he can also contribute to the team as a spinner.
Performance for Mumbai last season
In the last season i.e. 2025 IPL, Will Jacques played 13 matches for Mumbai, batting in 11 innings, he scored 233 runs at an average of 23.30 and strike rate of 135.46. During this period, he had scored 1 half-century from his bat.
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Mumbai had retained
The English batsman was bought by Mumbai for a price of Rs 5.25 crore in the mega auction for 2025. After this, the team retained Jacques for the next season. Now it will be interesting to see how he performs for the franchise this season.
IPL career of Will Jacques
Will Jacques made his IPL debut in 2024 playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, RCB released him after one season. Next season he joined hands with Mumbai Indians. So far he has played 21 matches in the tournament. Batting in 19 innings of these matches, he scored 463 runs at an average of 27.23 and strike rate of 152.80, which included 1 century and 2 half-centuries. Apart from this, he took 8 wickets while bowling in 13 innings.
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