On March 31 in IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians will host Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium. Catch all the live updates, including the live score from the match right here.
IPL 2025, MI vs KKR: Live score and commentary
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IPL 2025, MI vs KKR: Predicted playing XIs
MI playing XI
Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur
Impact Players: Rohit Sharma, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju
KKR playing XI
Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakravarthy.
Impact Players: Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy
IPL 2025 points table: Updated team rankings and net run rate
IPL 2025, MI vs KKR: Toss
MI vs KKR: MI won the toss and elected to field first.
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IPL 2025, MI vs KKR: Team news
MI have failed to score at quicker than eight an over in any of the games so far. Against the Gujarat Titans, they were at best average on the field as well. While slow starters, they need to get themselves back to some form. It should begin with Rohit Sharma at the top: the high-risk approach has not come off in both matches, but that defining innings may be one game away. Minz is yet to impress as well, but MI do not chop and change based on a couple of failures.
Expect MI to go in with three overseas cricketers if they bat first, and bring in one of Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Reece Topley (or even Vignesh Puthur) as an Impact Player. Alternately, they may be tempted to replace a batter with Will Jacks.
With Narine back to the fold, KKR now have a problem of plenty. Despite an excellent show against RR, however, Moeen Ali is likely to sit out (and await his turn).
IPL 2025, MI vs KKR: Pitch and weather report
The IPL run rate at the Wankhede Stadium reads 9.84 since the start of the 2023 season (in other words, an average score of 197), the second-highest among all venues with five games. Fast bowlers have specifically fared poorly here: their economy (10.32) over the same period is also the second-worst. However, spinners (8.43, fifth on the charts) have done much better.
The temperature will be in the low 30s with no prediction of rain.
IPL 2025, MI vs KKR: Match prediction
A close one. KKR are slight favourites unless MI get their mojo back.
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