IPL 2026: Mumbai Indians suffer double blow as Quinton de Kock, Raj Angad Bawa ruled out for season
Mumbai Indians have confirmed that Quinton de Kock and Raj Angad Bawa have been ruled out of IPL 2026 due to wrist and thumb injuries, respectively.
Mumbai Indians have confirmed that Quinton de Kock and Raj Angad Bawa have been ruled out of IPL 2026 due to wrist and thumb injuries, respectively.
Returning to familiar conditions in his first home appearance since being appointed India’s Test and ODI captain, Gill failed to make any impact.
With this, India won the three-match ODI series 2-1, making a grand comeback with the white ball after being swept aside 0-2 in the Test series. This is India's 10th successive ODI series triumph at home.
De Kock had stepped away from the 50-over format after the 2023 ODI World Cup, with his last appearance for South Africa coming in the 2024 T20 World Cup final in Barbados.
Shastri said that there were teams in the mix now that would not survive the third day of a Test in India, with its turning wickets, and in England, with its prodigious swing.
Quinton de Kock's latest knock earned him his second consecutive Player of the Match award after the 27-year-old South African scored an unbeaten 78.
The wicketkeeper-batsman stated that he had a word with head coach Mark Boucher discussing the same issue.
Quinton De Kock was also named Test Cricket of the Year and was voted by his peers as the SA Men's Players' Player of the Year.
The South Africa players will train in small monitored groups with identified coaches from their nearest franchise teams, CSA said in an official statement.
Smith, however, has not given any hints whatsoever regarding who the potential candidates can be.
