Guwahati, April 8: The Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) both clinch the title five times. However, both teams are currently facing tough times. While CSK’s situation will be discussed later, this article focuses on Mumbai Indians, who have found opponents’ home grounds to be nothing short of a nightmare since IPL 2023.
On Tuesday, Mumbai Indians faced Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Guwahati, which serves as RR’s second home ground. Due to rain, the match was reduced to just 11 overs per side. RR set a formidable target, demonstrating MI’s struggles. After losing the toss, RR batted first, with Yashasvi Jaiswal scoring an unbeaten 77 off 32 balls and Vaibhav Suryavanshi contributing 39 runs off 14 balls, leading to a total of 150 runs for 3 wickets. MI could only manage 123 runs for 9 wickets, losing the match by 27 runs.
This disappointing performance on opponents’ grounds is not new for MI. Since IPL 2023, MI has consistently underperformed away from home. By the time of the match against RR on April 7, 2026, MI had played a total of 25 matches on opponents’ grounds, winning only 9 and losing 16. Their win percentage of just 36% away from home is the lowest among all teams.
In IPL 2026, MI has played three matches so far, securing their only victory against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at their home ground, Wankhede Stadium. They faced defeats against Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium and against RR at Barsapara Cricket Stadium.
With 2 losses and 1 win in IPL 2026, MI currently sits in seventh place on the points table.
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