KKR vs MI Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, IPL 2025

12th T20 • Wankhede Stadium • Mumbai

Kolkata Knight Riders

116 (16.2)

Mumbai Indians

121/2 (12.5)

MI won by 8 wickets

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Date & Time

31 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

12th T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Saidharshan Kumar (India), Saiyed Khalid (India), Nitin Menon (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Mumbai Indians elected to bowl

Pitch Report

We have an absolute belter on our hands. It is great to come back to the fortress here for Hardik Pandya and his men. There is a very good covering of grass, and it is rock hard under it, with good pace and bounce guaranteed. Shouldn't be a great deal of turn here at this surface, bowling faster will see the ball travel. The shortest boundary is 54 meters. Largest boundary is 76 meters.

1st Innings

167Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

140.12Avg SR

2nd Innings

155Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

141.09Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

5- 5

KKR

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Mumbai Indians

Kolkata Knight Riders

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Quinton De Kock

KKR . WK

101 Runs

2 Matches

Surya Kumar Yadav

MI . BAT

77 Runs

2 Matches

Ajinkya Rahane

KKR . BAT

74 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Vignesh Puthur

MI . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Varun Chakaravarthy

KKR . BOWL

3 Wkts

2 Matches

Hardik Pandya

MI . ALL

2 Wkts

1 Match

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

R Rickelton

V Iyer

Expert Team 2

R Sharma

S Narine

Venue Details

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

1st Innings

167Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

140.12Avg SR

2nd Innings

155Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

141.09Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

28%Bat First Bowl First73%

Team Batting First

44%Wins Losses56%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 67 • May 17 • Indian Premier League

MI 196/6 (20)

LSG 214/6 (20)

LSG won by 18 runs

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Match 55 • May 6 • Indian Premier League

MI 174/3 (17.2)

SRH 173/8 (20)

MI won by 7 wickets

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Match 51 • May 3 • Indian Premier League

MI 145/10 (18.5)

KKR 169/10 (19.5)

KKR won by 24 runs

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Match 29 • Apr 14 • Indian Premier League

MI 186/6 (20)

CSK 206/4 (20)

CSK won by 20 runs

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Match 25 • Apr 11 • Indian Premier League

MI 199/3 (15.3)

RCB 196/8 (20)

MI won by 7 wickets

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Match 20 • Apr 7 • Indian Premier League

MI 234/5 (20)

DC 205/8 (20)

MI won by 29 runs

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Match 14 • Apr 1 • Indian Premier League

MI 125/9 (20)

RR 127/4 (15.3)

RR won by 6 wickets

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Match 69 • May 21 • Indian Premier League

MI 201/2 (18)

SRH 200/5 (20)

MI won by 8 wickets

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Match 57 • May 12 • Indian Premier League

MI 218/5 (20)

GT 191/8 (20)

MI won by 27 runs

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Match 54 • May 9 • Indian Premier League

MI 200/4 (16.3)

RCB 199/6 (20)

MI won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Mumbai Indians

Kolkata Knight Riders

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

5- 5

KKR

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

173

Average Score

180

247/9

Highest Score

261/6

139/8

Lowest Score

114/2

Player of the Match Ashwani Kumar

4/24

Lucky Winner Sunil Dwi Vedi

KKR

Info

Kolkata Knight Riders

116/10 (16.2)

Batters

Quinton De Kock

33.33

c Kumar b Chahar

Sunil Narine

0.00

b Boult

Ajinkya Rahane

(C)

157.14

c Varma b Kumar

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

162.50

c Naman Dhir b Pandya

Venkatesh Iyer

33.33

c Rickelton b Chahar

Rinku Singh

121.43

c Naman Dhir b Kumar

Manish Pandey

135.71

b Kumar

Andre Russell

45.45

b Kumar

Ramandeep Singh

183.33

c Pandya b Santner

Harshit Rana

50.00

c Naman Dhir b Puthur

Spencer Johnson

33.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(16.2 Ov, RR: 7.1)

116/10

Did not Bat

Varun Chakaravarthy

Bowlers

EXT

5.75

9.50

8.00

5.00

10.50

3.2

5.10

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sunil Narine

b Boult

1-1

0.4

Quinton De Kock

c Kumar b Chahar

2-2

1.1

Ajinkya Rahane

c Varma b Kumar

3-25

3.1

Venkatesh Iyer

c Rickelton b Chahar

4-41

5.4

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

c Naman Dhir b Pandya

5-45

6.6

Rinku Singh

c Naman Dhir b Kumar

6-74

10.3

Manish Pandey

b Kumar

7-80

10.6

Andre Russell

b Kumar

8-88

12.4

Harshit Rana

c Naman Dhir b Puthur

9-99

14.3

Ramandeep Singh

c Pandya b Santner

10-116

16.2

Mumbai Indians

121/2 (12.5)

Batters

Rohit Sharma

108.33

c Rana b Russell

Ryan Rickelton

151.22

Not out

Will Jacks

94.12

c Rahane b Russell

Surya Kumar Yadav

300.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 2, W: 1)

TOTAL

(12.5 Ov, RR: 9.43)

121/2

Did not Bat

N. Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar

Bowlers

EXT

7.00

14.00

4.00

2.5

12.35

Sunil Narine

10.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rohit Sharma

c Rana b Russell

1-46

5.2

Will Jacks

c Rahane b Russell

2-91

10.4

Match Info

Date & Time

31 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

12th T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Saidharshan Kumar (India), Saiyed Khalid (India), Nitin Menon (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Mumbai Indians elected to bowl

6 0 6 1 2 1

Over 10

Runs: 16

1 1 0 W 0 6

Over 11

Runs: 8

1 4 1 0 1 1

Over 12

Runs: 8

4 4 1 1 6

Over 13

Runs: 16

All Overs

Player of the Match Ashwani Kumar

4/24

Lucky Winner Sunil Dwi Vedi

Commentary

Right then. The Mumbai Indians have unearthed a new talent here, with Ashwani Kumar making a name for himself. That brings us to the end of our coverage of this game as I, Lavil Saldanha, alongside Arya Chakraborty, take your leave. We hope you enjoyed our coverage here on Sportskeeda, and join us tomorrow at 6:30 pm IST for the contest between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings. We hope to catch up with you sometime soon. SEE YA!

Ashwani Kumar (Player of the Match, Mumbai Indians): It is a big thing for me to get an opportunity and get the Player of the Match award. I just did whatever processes I went through. I was confident but a bit nervous prior to the game to see what would happen. (Message to his villagers watching) In the next matches I play, I will make you all proud and win games for Mumbai

Hardik Pandya (captain, Mumbai Indians): Very satisfying to win at home. The way we did it as a group couldn't be more happy. It is always a challenge picking a guy here and there. We are very sorted with the guys whom we are backing. We backed Ashwani and were very happy for him. It is all about the scouts. MI scouts have gone there and picked them. We played a practice game, and he had a different action and had some late swings. The way he took the wicket of Russell was very crucial. Also, Quinton's catch which he took was terrific to watch. If it goes my way, it looks good, but the team we have is a good blend of experience and youth. It is just an early start, but it is a great sign for everyone to chip in and get some confidence to kick off our tournament.

Trent Boult is awarded with a sapling for bowling the most dot balls in the match (14)

Ryan Rickelton wins the On-The-Go-4s of the Match Award

Ryan Rickelton wins the Super Sixes of the Match Award

Ashwani Kumar wins the Fantasy King of the Match Award

Ramandeep Singh wins the Super Striker of the Match Award

10:41 pm IST: Time now for the post match presentation ceremony

Ryan Rickelton: Took my time, couldn't lay bat on ball to be honest, had to wait for my opportunity. The ball was nibbling around. Chatting to the guys in South Africa, it did a bit and looking forward to maximise on the pace which was offer today. Yeah it's unbelievable, I have never been at the Wankhede and it's amazing to see it turn blue. It's a special place to be in. I think they executed really well, the conditions allowed certain tactics to adjust. We communicated quite earlier about our plans. We did brilliantly to restrict them to less than 120. I just said to Quinney that SKY is a joke. He has played that shot many a time, I won't try anytime soon.

Ajinkya Rahane (Kolkata Knight Riders captain): Yes I thought it was a collective batting failure. It was a good wicket to bat on. Absolutely we expect that at Wankhede, it has very good bounce. Sometimes you have to use the pace of this wicket, couldn't do much with the ball. The bowlers tried their best but the score wasn't enough. We kept losing wickets, four wickets in the powerplay and it was difficult to consolidate from there. It just didn't go our way tonight.

10:25 pm IST: Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets

Mumbai Indians: 121/2 after 12.5 overs

Ryan Rickelton: 62(41b)* | Andre Russell: 2/35 (2.5 overs)
Surya Kumar Yadav: 27(9b)*

A comprehensive win for the Mumbai Indians in the end. They bowled well, they fielded well when asked, and now they have batted exceptionally well, too. They have their first points for the season on board, and they will be looking to continue in a similar way throughout the tournament.

MI was a bit circumspect to get off the mark, with Rohit and Rickelton taking some time to get off the blocks. Once the ball had stopped moving too much, Rickelton took the initiative of taking the attack to the bowlers and kept going. Rohit lost his wicket looking to up the ante, and Will Jacks also struggled for timing in the middle, but Rickelton kept going, getting to his first half-century in the league. In the end, a Suryakumar Yadav blitz sealed the deal, with MI getting their first win at home in front of their home crowd.

Kolkata Knight Riders got some help early on in the innings but never fully capitalized on it. Andre Russell picked up both the wickets to fall but was a tad bit expensive as well. The pairing of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy couldn't pick up wickets, ending wicketless in the game. Spencer Johnson and Harshit Rana got some shape early on and beat the bat, but errors from Rana and lack of bowling Spencer on this track saw KKR concede the game.

Let's now see what the presentation ceremony has in store for us

12.5 Andre Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! MI register their first win of IPL 2025 and it has a thoroughly clinical all-round performance from the five time champions. On a fuller-length around the middle stump, SKY gets inside the line of the ball and flicks it straight over the keeper's head and comfortably clears the long leg boundary.

12.4 Andre Russell to Ryan Rickelton, guides away the back of a length delivery a shade outside off towards the backward point fielder, bit of a fumble allows Rickelton to roll the strike over.

12.3 Andre Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, full-length delivery around the middle stump channel, flicked away towards the deep midwicket region for a single.

12.2 Andre Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! SKY is playing with the field now, shorter length delivery around the chest height, he crouches back and uses the pace of the delivery to ramp it over the short third man fielder for a boundary.

12.1 Andre Russell to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Pace-off shorter length delivery a shade outside off, SKY stands tall and pulls it away down towards the midwicket boundary, didn't quite nail that but was perfectly in the gap.

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overs

105 /2 score

runs

Surya Kumar Yadav *

12 (5)

Ryan Rickelton

61 (40)

Sunil Narine

0 /32

11.6 Sunil Narine to Suryakumar Yadav, flicks away the fuller-length delivery around off, down towards the deep midwicket region and rolls the strike over.