Rohit Sharma, Ramandeep Singh perform push-ups on field:Hitman records his fastest IPL fifty; Rahane forced out of field due to injury

Mumbai Indians started IPL 2026 with a historic win as they won their inaugural game in the league for the first time after 13 years. The five-time champions defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets. The high-octane clash witnessed many moments at Wankhede Stadium. The highlight of the moments was Rohit Sharma doing push-ups before the match as a warm-up. Then Ramandeep Singh also did knuckle push-ups on the pitch when he came on to bat mid-game. Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Anukul Roy with a brilliant diving catch. Meanwhile, when Ajinkya Rahane got injured and left, Rinku Singh took over the captaincy. During the third match of the season, several records were also achived as Rohit Sharma has recorded his fastest IPL half-century. So, from Rohit-Ramandeep’s push-ups, Hitman’s fastest IPL half-century to Mumbai Indians’ highest run chase on their home soil, let’s have a look into the top moments and records achieved last night at Wankhede Stadium. MI Vs KKR, IPL 2026, Match – 3, top moments Rohit Sharma did push-ups before MI’s match as a warm-up Before the game even started, a moment caught the eyes of the fans as Rohit Sharma was spotted doing push-ups on the field before the Mumbai Indians even started playing their inaugural game of IPL 2026 against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Rahane opened his fiery innings with a six Captain Ajinkya Rahane hit the first six of KKR’s innings. He also opened his account with this six. Rahane hit a six with a flick shot on the third ball of Trent Boult’s first over. Rohit dropped the catch, conceded a four In the 14.5th over, Rohit Sharma dropped a catch. Angkrish Raghuvanshi played a shot to long-on off Allah Ghazanfar’s ball. Rohit tried to take the catch, but the ball slipped from his hands and went for a boundary. Raghuvanshi’s fifty with a four Angkrish Raghuvanshi completed his fifty by hitting a four off Hardik Pandya’s ball in the 18.2nd over. He tried to slice a full-length delivery, but it took an edge, went over the fielder, and reached the boundary. Ramandeep did knuckle push-ups on the pitch In the 19th over, after Angkrish Raghuvanshi got out, Ramandeep Singh came out to bat. The umpire checked his bat. After this, Ramandeep started knuckle push-ups on the pitch itself as a warm-up. Rahane went out injured, Rinku captained After the fourth over, Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane felt a strain. Due to this, he left the field. Rinku Singh captained in his place. Anukul ran backwards and took a diving catch In the 11.5th over, Vaibhav Arora dismissed Rohit Sharma. Rohit tried to play a shot on a full toss outside the off-stump, but the timing wasn’t right, and the ball went high over mid-on. Anukul Roy ran backwards, made a spectacular dive, and took an excellent catch. Rohit was out after scoring 78 runs off 38 balls, which included 6 fours and 6 sixes. Rickelton run out by Anukul’s direct hit On the second ball of the 16th over, Anukul Roy’s direct hit sent Ryan Rickelton back to the pavilion. Rickelton, who was playing on 81 runs, ran for a second run, but Anukul’s flat throw from long-off ran him out. MI vs KKR, IPL 2026, Match – 3, records Rohit Sharma records his fastest IPL half-century Rohit Sharma completed his half-century in just 23 balls. This is his fastest fifty in IPL. Previously, his fastest half-century came in 25 balls, which he scored against Chennai in the 2015 final. Mumbai Indians record highest run chase Mumbai Indians completed their biggest run chase in IPL history by achieving the target of 224 runs. Before this, the team’s second biggest chase was 219 runs, which they did against Chennai Super Kings in 2021. Sunil Narine is the foreign player with most IPL matches Sunil Narine is the foreign player who has played the most matches (190) in IPL. After him, Kieron Pollard (189) is in second place, while AB de Villiers and David Warner are in third place with 184 matches each. MI become the first IPL franchise to play 300 IPL matches Mumbai Indians has become the first team to play 300 IPL matches. English team Somerset and Pakistan have played the most T20 matches with 303 each.