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Mumbai Indians (MI) will look to clinch their first win in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 when they take on defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their own den. Hardik Pandya-led MI has lost both matches so far, against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Titans (GT). In both matches, Mumbai’s batting proved to be their weakness despite the presence of stalwarts like Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav.
They only posted 155/9 against CSK in Chennai before losing by four wickets, while against GT, MI were restricted to 160/6 in a chase of 197 runs. The form of Rohit is a major concern as the opener has only scored eight runs in two matches so far. MI, however, have more batters and they will hope runs start flowing from Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks, Suryakumar, Tilak Varma, Hardik and Naman Dhir’s bat as well.
KKR, on the other hand, has also played two matches, losing at home to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RC) in the opener and beating Rajasthan Royals (RR) by eight wickets. Matches played: 34 MI won: 23 KKR won: 11 MI vs KKR head-to-head record at Wankhede Stadium in IPL Matches played: MI won: 9 KKR won: 2 MI predicted playing 12s: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Vignesh Puthur and Satyanarayana Raju KKR predicted playing 12s: Quinton de Kock, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy and Angkrish Raghuvanshi The MI vs KKR match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday (31 March). The match will start at 7.
30 PM IST with the toss taking place at 7 PM IST. The MI vs KKR will be live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website and the live telecast will be available on Star Sports and Sports18 TV channels. MI: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Satyanarayana Raju, Robin Minz, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Vignesh Puthur, Karn Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Reece Topley, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Krishnan Shrijith KKR: Quinton de Kock (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anrich Nortje, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Sunil Narine, Rovman Powell, Mayank Markande, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya.
