TATA IPL 2O25: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match Preview

Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders will face each other in the 12th match of IPL 2025. This match is to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, the home ground of Mumbai Indians.

TATA IPL 2O25: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match Preview

MI vs KKR, IPL 2025:  In the 12th match of the Indian Premier League 2025, there will be a clash between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. This match between the two teams will be played on March 31 at 7:30 pm Indian time. Mumbai Indians have not had a good start to this season so far, in which they have lost both their opening matches. On the other hand, if we talk about Kolkata Knight Riders, they had to face defeat in their first match but in the second match, they made a great comeback and won and also opened their account in the points table. Now they will be eyeing their second win this season.

A tough match is often seen between Mumbai and Kolkata on this ground. Mumbai Indians will also be under pressure to win the match because the Mumbai team will play its first match of the season on its home ground. Last season, the team could not reach the playoffs under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya.

 

MI vs KKR Head-to-Head Records

So far 34 IPL matches have been played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. Of these, Mumbai Indians have won 23, while Kolkata Knight Riders have won only 11. However, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have won 5 of the last 6 matches since the start of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) leg of IPL 2021.

Mumbai Indians Squads: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), 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.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squads: Quinton de Kock(w), 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.

Wankhede Stadium Pitch Report

Talking about Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, a total of 118 IPL matches have been played here, out of which the team batting first has won 53 matches, while the team chasing the runs has won 64 matches. The average score of the first innings here is 170 runs. Pacers dominate a bit, because black soil wickets are made here. 71 percent wickets go to fast bowlers and around 29 percent wickets go to spinners. From this, it can be guessed that the match between Mumbai and Kolkata will be high scoring, because both have strong batting. Suryakumar Yadav has been batting at a different level here.

Broadcast and Streaming Details

The broadcast of the IPL 2025 match between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be available on the Star Sports Network. And live streaming of this match will be available on JioHotstar app and website. 

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