Delhi: In the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025), the match will be played between Mumbai Indians (Mi) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The start of Mumbai Indians was nothing special in this tournament, which was easily defeated by Chennai Super King. However, in this match, the team landed without its captain Hardik Pandya. At the same time, the start of Kolkata Knight Riders was also poor. Being a defending winner, he had to play the first match of the season at his home ground in which he lost against Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, after this the team returned with a good win over Rajasthan Royals. In such a situation, both teams will push the peak to win this match, giving impetus to their IPL campaign. Let’s know the pitch report of this match and the possible playing XI of both teams.
every Area In Flop Visible Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians (Mi) opener batsmen adorned with star players are not able to show their wonders at this time. The team’s captain Hardik Pandya was also expected to be well expected, but this player also did not play the role for which he is known. Mumbai Indians included Robin Minj in the team as impact player and this decision also proved wrong. The same situation happened in the bowling where Mujib ur Rehman and Satyanarayana Raju completely disappointed and looted fierce runs. At present, Mumbai Indians are at number eight after playing a match and after the defeat in it.
Kolkata Night Riders Plenty Show Raised Dum
The batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is very strong and varied. The team has players like Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rinku Singh who can change the attitude of the match at any time. If seen at this time, the team’s batsman Quinton de Kock is seen in a great form. Talking about bowling, Varun Chakraborty and Moin Ali are currently in great form, who are taking wickets in every match. The pair of these two have been super hit in every match. However, there is still a lack of a superhit batsman in the middle order which the team should have. Kolkata Knight Riders’ team win one of the two matches and holds the sixth in the points table.
Wankhede Stadium Pitch Report
Wankhede’s pitch is traditionally corresponding to batting. Once on the crease, batsmen can take full advantage of the small boundary and sharp outfield. The toss winning team can choose to chase the history of successful run chase at this place. Wankhede’s pitch is considered flat, which makes it ideal for batsmen. However, the small boundaries and sea air of the ground can make it a challenge for the bowlers. Due to being close to the sea, the mood of the pitch of this ground changes from time to time, which sometimes becomes helpful for spin or sometimes swing bowlers, the straight boundary is about 75 meters long and square boundary about 65 meters long.
Head-to-head record
A total of 34 matches have been played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, out of which Mumbai Indians have won 23 same Kolkata Knight Riders in 11 matches.
Head-to-head record | Description |
Match played | 34 |
Won by Mumbai Indians | 23 |
Kolkata won by Knight Riders | 11 |
Tie (tied) | 0 |
No result (no result) | 0 |
Match played for the first time | 28 April 2008 |
Most of the most recent match | 11 May 2024 |
Match details
Match | Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders |
Site | Wankhede stadium |
Date and time | 31 March 7:30 pm |
Live broadcast and streaming details | Star Sports and Jio Hotstar |
Both Teams of potential Playing 11
Mumbai Indians | Kolkata Knight Riders |
Rohit Sharma | Quinton de Cock (wicket keeper) |
Rayon recalleton (wicket keeper) | Sunil Naren |
Tilak Verma | Ajinkya Rahane (Captain) |
Suryakumar Yadav | Venkatesh Iyer |
Hardik Pandya (Captain) | Moin Ali |
Naman dheer | Rinku Singh |
Will jacks | Andre Russell |
Mitchell cenner | Ramandeep Singh |
Deepak Chahar | Harshit Rana |
Trent bolt | Vaibhav Arora |
Satyanarayana Raju | Varun chakravarti |
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