MI vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2025 Match Today: Rickelton, Surya steer Mumbai Indians to 8-wicket victory

Narine nearly collects a wicket in his first over, with his LBW appeal against Jacks in the penultimate delivery of his first over turned down by the umpire. Rahane opts for a review after a quick chat with Narine, and wickets is ‘Umpire’s Call’ on ball-tracking. Eight off Narine’s over, including a six to Rickelton with a slog-sweep in the third delivery.

Rickelton, who had reverse-swept Chakravarthy for a four in the final delivery of the previous over, is currently batting on 43 off 28 and will be hoping to guide his team home from here. Timeout signalled at the end of the eight over. MI 70/1 after 8; need 47 off 72

Ashwani’s figures are also the fourth-best by a bowler on IPL debut. Here are the top-five entries in this list:

— 6/12 – Alzarri Joseph, Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2019

— 5/17 – Andrew Tye, Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017

— 4/11 – Shoaib Akhtar, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils in 2008

— 4/24 – Ashwani Kumar, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders in 2025

— 4/26 – Kevon Cooper, Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab in 2012

Hardik Pandya decides to bring Mitchell Santner back into the attack with Ramandeep handling the pacers quite well, and the final wicket of the Kolkata innings follows. Ramandeep ends up getting a thick outside edge straight to Pandya at short third man to depart for 22 off 12 balls.

After back-to-back defeats on the road, Mumbai Indians are in pole position to collect their first points of the season in their first game at the Wankhede.

Puthur, who had collected three on debut in MI’s season-opener against Chennai at Chepauk, gets rid of Harshit Rana in his second over. Rana needlessly goes for a slog-sweep in the third delivery of the over, with Dhir completing a superb catch at deep midwicket. The left-arm wrist spinner nearly grabs the final wicket two balls later, with Ashwani spilling a sitter at short fine after sweep by Ramandeep straight in his direction.

Trent Boult returns in the following over and concedes nine including a six to Ramandeep in the second delivery. Another chance goes missing in this over, with Boult failing to gather the ball at the non-striker’s end to run Spencer Johnson out. Ramandeep smashes the next ball for a six over deep midwicket to give the Knight Riders dugout some hope of posting a decent total on the board. KKR 110/9 after 16

As was the case in his dismissal of Manish Pandey in his previous over, Ashwani bowls a short delivery to Andre Russell before following it up with a slightly fuller delivery that is bowled along the stumps. Russell was expecting another short delivery, having cleared his front foot, and ends up getting his defence breached.

Santner, meanwhile, dries up runs from the other end, conceding just four runs. Timeout signalled at the end of the 14th over. KKR 94/8 after 14

Rinku Singh slaps a short, wide delivery from Ashwani in front of square for a boundary in the second delivery of the 11th over. The southpaw attempts a similar shot next ball, but this time gets a thick edge behind square to depart for 17. Naman Dhir runs to his right to complete a fine catch. It’s a similar story with Manish Pandey later in the over as he gets castled for 19 right after collecting a boundary.

Despite being seven-down with less than 100 on the board, KKR can still cause plenty of damage in the remainder of their innings with Dre Russ and Ramandeep Singh at the crease. KKR 84/7 after 12

After smashing an unbeaten 97 in the previous game, Quinton de Kock perishes for 1 after chipping the ball straight to the man at mid off. Ashwani Kumar, who is making his IPL debut today, is the fielder who collects the simple catch.

Chahar, however, is off to an expensive start as he concedes three boundaries, two of them scored by new batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi in successive deliveries as soon as he walks out to bat. KKR 15/2 after 2

Hardik Pandya: “Knowing Wankhede, dew may or may not come in. There might be some early swing, it plays well so we thought chasing is a good option. We want to get into good rhythm and kickstart. Overall, we want to play better cricket, we need to stay calm”

Ajinkya Rahane: “We wanted to bowl first as well but I was confused looking at the wicket, generally Wankede is a good batting surface so I feel it’s a good toss to lose. There’s a little breeze going on, no dew factor to deal with. We will look to post a good total on the board and I have confidence in our bowlers to defend. We are playing good cricket, every games gives a good opportunity to play good cricket. Lovely ground, we are looking to play good cricket.”

Here are the lineups for the first match of the season at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium:

Mumbai Indians: Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur; Impact subs: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju

Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy; Impact Subs: Anrich Nortje, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Luvnith Sisodia

MI make a couple of changes to their lineup – Will Jacks returns to the side while the five-time champions hand Ashwani Kumar his debut.

KKR, on the other hand, make just one change along expected lines – Sunil Narine coming back in place of Moeen Ali.

Rohit Sharma is back in the limelight for the wrong reasons. After enjoying a brief resurgence in the ODI format with a century against England in Cuttack as well as a match-winning 76 in the ICC Champions Trophy final, the ‘Hitman’ is back to struggling with the bat.

The former Mumbai Indians captain has scored just 8 runs in two outings so far this season, facing a sum total of four deliveries on each occasion. Rohit had been retained by the franchise for Rs 16.30, indicating he will be part of their plans until the next mega auction.

However, another single-digit score or two might force the franchise to rethink Rohit’s position in the XII.

Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Chandrakant Pandit has played down the controversy surrounding the Eden Gardens following their one-sided defeat against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 22 March. Reports suggested that Eden curator Sujan Mukherjee had refused to pay heed to the Knight Riders’ request for a spin-friendly wicket, and the pitch that was ultimately used for the tournament opener was one that ended up providing RCB seamers, including and especially Josh Hazlewood, a fair amount of support.

“See, as a coach, as a team management, whatever the surface has been provided to us, we play. The control, of course, that will be under curator. And at this moment, the focus is definitely going to be on the next game tomorrow (Monday) which we are playing.

“So, at the moment, I am definitely not thinking on what has to be done, what is in whose control. But let us focus on tomorrow’s game which is very crucial for us,” Pandit said on the eve of KKR’s meeting with Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium.

There is some good news in store for Indian cricket fans – Jasprit Bumrah has resumed bowling in the nets at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, where he has been undergoing rehabilitation for the back injury that has kept him out of action since the Sydney Test against Australia in January.

However, there still isn’t any official timeline on the senior pacer’s return to action, meaning he will be missing MI’s upcoming match against KKR.

Here’s how defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders have performed so far in IPL 2025:

vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Kolkata on 22 March: Lost by 7 wickets

vs Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati on 26 March: Won by 8 wickets

Here’s how five-time champions Mumbai Indians have fared so far in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League:

vs Chennai Super Kings in Chennai on 23 March: Lost by 4 wickets

vs Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on 29 March: Lost by 36 runs

Veteran West Indian all-rounder Sunil Narine was one of the few positives for KKR from their defeat against RCB in the tournament opener at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, scoring 44 off 26 balls and later registering figures of 1/27 from four overs. Narine, however, missed the Knight Riders’ subsequent game against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati due to illness, with senior English all-rounder Moeen Ali taking his place.

On the eve of KKR’s away game against MI at the Wankhede, head coach Chandrakant Pandit confirmed that Narine is “100 per cent fit” and will be taking back his place in the XI. ( **READ MORE** )

Here’s a head-to-head record between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL:

Matches: 34

MI won: 23

KKR won: 11

No result: 0

MI vs KKR head-to-head in their last five meetings:

MI won: 1

KKR won: 4

Here are the likely XIIs (XI+Impact Player) for the upcoming match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders:

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