Will Jacks boost for resurgent Mumbai Indians, England star trains at Wankhede after missing 6 matches

The Mumbai Indians (MI) broke a 4-match losing streak in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 by defeating the Gujarat Titans (GT) by 99 runs on April 20. The next very day, the 5-time champions have got a significant boost that’ll improve their play-off qualification chances as Will Jacks joins their squad.

Will Jacks’ prolonged break

The English all-rounder was on a personal leave after 4 months of non-stop cricket. Jacks had featured in 4 Test matches, the Ashes, in Australia from December to January. Then he toured Sri Lanka for an ODI and T20I series. This was immediately followed by a month-long T20 World Cup. He was England’s most valuable player in the ICC tournament, where they came within touching distance of reaching the final.

Jacks had scored 226 runs and taken 9 wickets in 8 matches, earning him 4 player of the match awards, the most in T20 World Cup history. After a tight semifinal bow-out on March 5, Jacks decided to take an extended break. It was expected that he would miss a couple of matches and join MI by early April. But that didn’t happen.

Before the GT match, MI bowling coach Paras Mhambrey had told reporters in Ahmedabad that the all-rounder would join the squad soon. “Will Jacks is expected to join the squad soon,” he’d said. Well, Jacks has joined MI at last.

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