Mumbai Indians' Suryakumar Yadav recreated Akshaye Khanna's iconic dance step from the movie 'Dhurandhar' at a team event. This comes after MI's record-breaking run-chase victory over KKR in their first IPL 2026 match.
Suryakumar Yadav Catches 'Dhurandhar' Fever
Dhurandhar fever has taken over cinema buffs, and it looks like it's caught on in the cricketing world too. Even Suryakumar Yadav seems to be under its spell, as he was recently spotted recreating Akshaye Khanna's iconic dance step from Aditya Dhar's directorial. At one of the events of the Mumbai Indians, Suryakumar made a filmy entry, enacting Akshay Khanna's viral dance step. Watch the video here https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWn50S2DDYP/?igsh=MWdxYWlpcndtOGFy
"Ye Dada ka style hai, full Dhurandhar mode," a post read on the Instagram account of the Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians' Victorious IPL 2026 Start
On March 29, Mumbai Indians registered a dominant six-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in both teams' first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma helped the Mumbai Indians secure their biggest run-chase in IPL history and also win their first season-opener since the 2012 edition of the IPL.
Mumbai chased down a formidable target of 221 to defeat KKR in the second match of IPL 2026. Mumbai Indians will next play against the Delhi Capitals on April 4 at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
IPL 2026 Squads
Delhi Capitals Squad
Delhi Capitals Squad: KL Rahul(w), Prithvi Shaw, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, David Miller, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Kyle Jamieson, T Natarajan, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Karun Nair, Pathum Nissanka, Sahil Parakh, Sameer Rizvi, Madhav Tiwari, Auqib Nabi Dar, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Jadav Mandal.
Mumbai Indians Squad
Mumbai Indians Squad: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock(w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Sherfane Rutherford, Shardul Thakur, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Naman Dhir, Ryan Rickelton, AM Ghazanfar, Mayank Markande, Danish Malewar, Ashwani Kumar, Mohammed Salahuddin Izhar, Will Jacks, Mitchell Santner, Mayank Rawat, Atharva Ankolekar, Raghu Sharma (ANI)
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