Overview
- IPL confirmed Rutherford’s transfer from Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians for the 2026 season.
- Rutherford joins at his existing fee after GT had acquired him for INR 2.6 crore.
- The addition bolsters Mumbai’s lower-order options ahead of the IPL 2026 mini-auction.
- This is MI’s second pre-auction move following a reported INR 2 crore deal for Shardul Thakur from LSG.
- Rutherford, 27, has 44 T20Is and a record 139-run sixth-wicket stand with Andre Russell; he has 23 IPL appearances with prior stints at DC (2019), MI squad (2020), SRH (replacement, 2021), RCB (2022), GT (2022–2025), and KKR squad (2024).