Delhi: The 12th match of IPL 2025 was expected to take a strong fight between Mumbai Indians (Mi) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). For this big match, Mi won the toss and decided to bat.
Batting first, the defending champions were all out at just 116. In response to this small goal, Mi won only 12.5 overs by batting.
Kolkata’s weak batting performance
KKR’s batting was much worse than expected. Neither the start was good nor the middle order was successful nor the big finishers could do their work. Angaksh Raghuvanshi (26 runs) and Ramdeep Singh (22 not out) scored the most runs from Kolkata. But the rest of the batsmen were seen struggling. Captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 11 runs in 17 balls, while Rinku Singh and Manish Pandey also could not play a big innings.
Batsmen easily fulfilled the target
The batsmen of Mumbai Indians won the match by scoring 121 runs in 12.5 overs without any hassle. Opener Ryan Recelton (62 runs, 41 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (27 runs, 9 balls) gave the team an easy win.
With this victory, Mumbai points have come from number 10 to 6 six in the table.
Ashwani Kumar’s dream debut
In this match for Mumbai Indians, young fast bowler Ashwani Kumar made his debut. They 4 big wickets for 24 runs in three overs The shock, which included important wickets of captain Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey and Andre Russell. He made a great start to the IPL career by dismissing Ajinkya Rahane on the first ball of his first over.
Playing XI of both teams
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Mumbai Indians (Mi)
Quinton de Cock (wicket keeper)
Ryan Ricelton
Sunil Naren
Will jacks (wicket keeper)
Venkatesh Iyer
Suryakumar Yadav
Ajinkya Rahane (Captain)
Tilak Verma
Rinku Singh
Hardik Pandya (Captain)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi
Naman dheer
Andre Russell
Michel Santner
Ramandeep Singh
Deepak Chahar
Spencer Johnson
Trent bolt
Harshit Rana
Ashwini Kumar
Varun chakravarti
Vignesh Puthur
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