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Mumbai vs Haryana is a continuing four-day, first-class Ranji Trophy Elite match, Match 45, at the MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy - BKC in Mumbai. It opened on Monday, 26 October and is scheduled through Thursday, 29 October 2026. The BCCI match centre’s latest verified card, checked at 07:04:53 IST on Wednesday, 28 October, showed Stumps, Day 2: Mumbai had made 430 all out in 130.3 overs, while Haryana were 108/2 after 39 overs, still 322 runs behind with eight wickets remaining. 1
Haryana won the toss and chose to field. The current scorecard identifies Siddhesh Lad as Mumbai captain and Ankit Kumar as Haryana captain. It also confirms Mumbai’s current XI, including centuries from Angkrish Raghuvanshi (114) and Musheer Khan (109), an unbeaten 52 from Tanush Kotian, and Musheer’s two wickets for 28 runs in nine overs in Haryana’s reply. 2 The verified Haryana batters at the break were Nishant Sindhu, 17 not out, and Dheeru Singh, 23 not out.
The important caution is about timing. The 9:30 am IST time is the published opening-day start, not a confirmed Day 3 resumption time. The scorecard lists the session timetable as a 9:30 local start, lunch from 12:00 to 12:40, tea from 14:40 to 15:00 and close at 16:30, but that is a match timetable rather than a fresh ground confirmation for 28 October. Readers should recheck the BCCI card, the toss-day XI status, the weather and any venue notice before treating the next session as underway. 2
What is the match status on 28 October?
This is not a new match beginning on 28 October. It is the third calendar day of a fixture that opened on 26 October. The BCCI card labels it Ranji Trophy Elite, Match 45, First-Class, with the planned range 26–29 October and the status Stumps. The latest verified score was therefore a close-of-play position, not an automatically refreshed “live now” report. 1
Mumbai’s first innings ended at 430. Haryana’s reply had reached 108/2 in 39 overs. Subtracting 108 from 430 gives the displayed first-innings deficit of 322. Haryana still had eight wickets in hand because only Ankit Kumar and Himanshu Rana had been dismissed. Those arithmetic points matter more than a headline prediction: Mumbai have the first-innings advantage at this observation, but the match still contains substantial time and at least one unfinished innings.
The day’s decisive sequence was spread across both innings. Mumbai’s total was built by Raghuvanshi and Musheer, then protected by Kotian’s lower-order resistance. Haryana’s bowlers recovered after Mumbai’s large partnership, with Samant Jakhar listed with three wickets and Aman Kumar and Parth Vats taking two each. In the reply, Musheer removed both Haryana openers. Sportstar’s report described Ankit Kumar’s dismissal and the later removal of Himanshu Rana as Musheer’s late double strike, while Sindhu and Dheeru survived the final period. 3
What time does the match start in IST?
The official opening start was 9:30 am IST on Monday, 26 October 2026, which corresponds to 4:00 am UTC. ESPNcricinfo’s scorecard describes the local hours as a 9:30 start, lunch at 12:00–12:40, tea at 14:40–15:00 and close at 16:30, and identifies the match days as 26, 27, 28 and 29 October. 2
That information should not be rewritten as “Day 3 starts at 9:30 am” unless a fresh official update confirms it. Multi-day cricket commonly carries an opening-day timetable across the match record, but a displayed schedule is not the same as a current resumption notice. As of the 07:04:53 IST evidence check used for this article, no confirmed Day 3 resumption time was exposed by the BCCI card. The article therefore records the scheduled hours as context and leaves the next-session time as a recheck item.
Who is in the verified playing XI?
The current scorecard provides a playing XI rather than merely a squad heading. Mumbai’s XI is Divyaansh Saxena, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Musheer Khan, Siddhesh Lad, Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Anand, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Avasthi and Sylvester D’Souza. Akash Anand is marked as the wicketkeeper and Siddhesh Lad as captain. 2
Haryana’s XI is Ankit Kumar, Himanshu Rana, Aman Kumar, Nishant Sindhu, Dheeru Singh, Yashvardhan Dalal, Parth Vats, Kanishk Chouhan, Samant Jakhar, Anuj Thakral and Ajit Chahal. Yashvardhan Dalal is marked as the wicketkeeper and Ankit Kumar as captain. 2
This distinction is important because the broader BCCI render initially exposed no player rows. The names in this article are included only after the current Cricbuzz and ESPNcricinfo scorecards exposed the playing list and scorecard roles. A squad page, a past association with Mumbai or Haryana, or a well-known name outside this XI is not evidence of selection for this match. Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav, Jayant Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal are not to be treated as members of this verified XI.
Who are the captains and the current key players?
Siddhesh Lad is Mumbai’s captain in this scorecard, while Ankit Kumar leads Haryana. The captaincy is a match-specific scorecard fact here, not a claim about every format or every future fixture. 2
Mumbai’s batting platform came from two hundreds. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 114 from 180 balls, and Musheer Khan made 109 from 185. Raghuvanshi’s dismissal made it 220/2, while Musheer fell at 255/3, so their stands formed the central structure of a 430 total rather than a brief opening burst. Sarfaraz Khan contributed 40 and Lad 33. Kotian then carried the lower order with 52 not out from 96 balls. Deshpande’s 19 from 19 also helped Mumbai move from 344/7 to a defensible all-out total.
Musheer’s impact continued with the ball. His 9 overs included three maidens and returned 2/28, removing both Ankit Kumar, who made 35, and Himanshu Rana, who made 27. At stumps, Sindhu’s 17 and Dheeru’s 23 were the unbeaten scores. Those figures identify the match’s current pressure points without pretending that one spell has settled a four-day game.
What happened in the preceding round?
The latest verified Round 2 result for Mumbai was an innings-and-97-run win over Himachal Pradesh at Bilaspur from 18–21 October. The BCCI’s Round 2 summary says Mumbai declared on 528/8, with Sarfaraz Khan making 154 and Akash Anand 117; Himachal Pradesh replied with 140 and 291. 4 That result explains why Mumbai arrived at Match 45 with a recent first-innings batting performance to reference, but it does not decide the BKC match.
Haryana’s latest verified Round 2 result was an innings-and-24-run win over Chandigarh at Lahli. Haryana dismissed Chandigarh for 103, made 245, and then bowled Chandigarh out for 118 after the follow-on. Nishant Sindhu’s 6/27 in the second innings and 92 with the bat were the headline contributions in the BCCI summary. 4
The two teams therefore entered this fixture after outright wins, but the preceding results came at different venues and against different opponents. They are useful form context, not a substitute for the current score. The bounded research pass did not establish a complete season points-table narrative beyond these verified match reports, so no stronger table claim is made here.
What does the score mean for Day 3?
The immediate cricket question is whether Haryana can turn 108/2 into a long first-innings answer. Sindhu and Dheeru have already navigated the last phase of Day 2, and Haryana retain eight wickets. Their first task is to erase the 322-run deficit; only after that can the match move into the strategic question of whether a first-innings lead, a declaration, or a defensive draw is possible.
Mumbai’s route is different. The home side has already banked a substantial total and has two early wickets. The next phase will test whether its attack can sustain pressure on a surface whose current strip condition has not been independently reported in the evidence used for this article. Musheer has made the most visible double contribution so far, but the scorecard also records economical spells from Kotian and Mulani. Those are current-match observations, not a forecast of how the pitch will behave later.
The toss is already known: Haryana chose to field. It should not be converted into a prediction that fielding first will determine the result. The match outcome depends on how many runs Haryana can add, whether Mumbai can take the remaining wickets, the time available, and any interruption or resumption change. There is no responsible basis here for naming a guaranteed winner or a fixed probability.
Where is the match being played?
The venue is the MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy - BKC, Mumbai, also rendered by ESPNcricinfo as Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai. The official BCCI record places the match in Mumbai and lists Sadashiv Iyer and Ben Treloar as umpires, with Sanjay Raul as match referee. 1 2
The venue name should not be confused with a claim that every match at the wider Bandra Kurla Complex has the same playing conditions. No current pitch inspection, weather bulletin or Day 3 strip report was available in the evidence checked for this article. Readers should recheck those details before using venue language as a tactical forecast.
What does the small BKC venue sample show?
A bounded same-format check found one completed, dated Ranji Trophy sample at this ground: Mumbai vs Assam, 16–17 February 2024. Mumbai won by an innings and 80 runs after scoring 272; Assam made 84 and 108/9. 5 This is useful as a concrete BKC first-class record, but it is only one completed match in the sample. It cannot support a complete venue average, a full win-loss history, a pitch formula or a claim that Mumbai always dominates here.
The current Mumbai-Haryana match is a second dated first-class observation at the ground, but it is unfinished and therefore should not be added to a completed-match average. The research pass deliberately excluded future scheduled fixtures and did not present a partial search as exhaustive stadium history. The one completed sample also tells us nothing reliable about the present strip’s pace, turn or fourth-day behaviour.
What is the Mumbai-Haryana head-to-head context?
The latest clearly verified direct meeting located in the bounded research was the Ranji Trophy 2024–25 quarter-final at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, from 8–12 February 2025. Mumbai won by 152 runs. The BCCI scorecard records Haryana’s totals as 301 and 201, and Mumbai’s as 315 and 339. 6
That result is relevant because it is a recent first-class meeting between the same state teams, but it is not a BKC result and it is not a complete head-to-head record. The 2025 quarter-final cannot be used to infer the current XI, current captaincy or current conditions. It is a dated comparison point only.
Can the toss or winner be predicted?
No. The toss has already happened, with Haryana choosing to field, so there is no remaining toss to predict. A fair pre-match toss cannot reliably be forecast, and the current score does not create a legitimate fixed winning probability. Nor does Mumbai’s 322-run lead guarantee an innings win: Haryana still have eight wickets, and a first-class match has multiple sessions remaining.
The evidence-backed conditional view is narrower. Mumbai are currently ahead because they have completed a 430 first innings and taken two wickets. Haryana’s resistance depends first on Sindhu and Dheeru extending their stand and then on the lower order contributing. Mumbai’s pressure depends on converting the new-ball and spin opportunities without giving away a long partnership. Those are scenarios, not betting advice or an outcome guarantee.
What other Indian domestic cricket is current today?
The bounded BCCI inventory checked in the same Asia/Kolkata context showed 18 continuing Ranji Trophy matches across the Elite and Plate competitions on 28 October: 16 Elite matches and two Plate matches. The cards were marked Stumps and had opened on 26 October, so they were continuing four-day fixtures rather than new 28 October starts. 7
The same inventory showed 18 continuing Col C K Nayudu Trophy matches: 15 Elite and three Plate fixtures, opened on 27 October and scheduled through 30 October. These are Under-23 men’s multi-day matches. 7 This is a bounded official-card inventory, not a claim that it captures every domestic game in India or every competition listed elsewhere.
How can readers follow the match?
The safest follow-up is the official BCCI match centre, with the current ESPNcricinfo scorecard and Cricbuzz scorecard as independent scorecard references. For a reader-facing update, recheck the status, current score, Day 3 start notice, XI, weather, pitch information and final result. This article makes no automatic live-score claim.
FAQs
Is Mumbai vs Haryana starting on 28 October?
No. It is a continuing match that opened on 26 October and is scheduled through 29 October.
What was the latest verified score?
At the 07:04:53 IST BCCI observation used here, Mumbai were 430 all out and Haryana were 108/2 in 39 overs, 322 runs behind with eight wickets remaining.
Who is Mumbai’s captain?
Siddhesh Lad is identified as Mumbai captain in the current scorecard.
Who is Haryana’s captain?
Ankit Kumar is identified as Haryana captain in the current scorecard.
Was a Day 3 resumption time confirmed?
No. The published 9:30 local timetable is the opening-day schedule and general scorecard hours, not a fresh Day 3 confirmation.
Is the BKC venue sample exhaustive?
No. This draft uses one verified completed Ranji match at BKC, Mumbai vs Assam in February 2024, plus the unfinished current match as context. It is not a complete venue history or pitch forecast.
Who scored the hundreds for Mumbai?
Angkrish Raghuvanshi made 114 and Musheer Khan made 109.
Who took the two Haryana wickets?
Musheer Khan took both wickets in the current Haryana innings, returning 2/28 from nine overs at the observed score.
References
- 1 — BCCI official Mumbai vs Haryana Match 45 centre
- 2 — ESPNcricinfo Mumbai vs Haryana full scorecard
- 3 — Sportstar Day 2 report: Mumbai vs Haryana
- 4 — BCCI Ranji Trophy 2026-27 Round 2 summary
- 5 — BCCI Mumbai vs Assam Ranji Trophy scorecard, February 2024
- 6 — BCCI Haryana vs Mumbai 2025 Ranji Trophy quarter-final scorecard
- 7 — BCCI official domestic fixture listing checked for 28 October 2026
Source observation: On 28 October 2026 at 07:04:53 IST, a fresh primary BCCI read still rendered Day 2, Stumps, with Mumbai 430 all out in 130.3 overs and Haryana 108/2 in 39 overs, trailing by 322 runs with eight wickets remaining. This dated observation does not confirm a Day 3 resumption time.