MI vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2025: Rickelton's 62*, debutant Ashwani's 4/24 leads Mumbai Indians to one-sided victory

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: MI - Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur

KKR - 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

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Speaking after winning the toss, MI skipper Hardik said, “We gonna bowl first, looks like a good track. Knowing Wankhede, dew may or may not come. 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. Will comes back and we have a debutant.”

Meanwhile, KKR captain Rahane said, “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. Sunil comes in in place of Mooen.”

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: MI captain Hardik wins the toss and opts to bowl!

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Toss is coming up folks! Stay tuned! We will soon see Rahane and Hardik take centre-stage.

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The Wankhede ground is expected to see humidity and decent sea breeze. Dew won’t play a big role, but the team which wins the toss, could opt to bowl. The boundaries are short, we could see some huge shots!

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Speaking ahead of the match, MI skipper Hardik said, “There should not be a concern [about the batting]... and it's [at an] early stage. But at the same point of time, I think batters have to come to the party. And yeah, hopefully they come soon.”

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Rohit has been removed by Narine ten times in all T20s. No bowler has removed a batter more times, which is level with Bravo removing Pollard, who are in MI and CSk dugouts respectively,

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The Wankhede Stadium is also Rahane’s home ground and he is KKR’s new captain this season. He averages 40 in the venue vs MI, with three fifties from ten innings. He got his fastest IPL half-century off 19 balls at the Wankhede two years ago.

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The Wankhede has been MI’s fortress and they have 57.17 win percentage in the venue, which is the second most by a team in the last seasons, only behind CSK’s 66.67 percentage at Chepauk.

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh has been KKR’s key weapon vs MI. In the six matches he has faced MI, KKR has won five and the only defeat came in 2023, despite a century by him at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Rohit has been dismissed inside the first over seven times since the beginning of IPL 2022, which is the most by any batter. This season, he has been dismissed in opening overs of both matches.

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: De Kock smacked an unbeaten 97* vs RR in the previous fixture, but he has a disappointing record vs MI’s bowlers, especially Boult and Chahar. Meanwhile, Russell also hasn’t bowled for KKR yet, despite finishing as their joint-highest wicket-taker among seamers last season. Fans will hope to see Russell return to full bowling fitness, as he will be key in the middle phase of the season.

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Vignesh is expected to return to the playing XI and replace Mujeeb. But the pressure will be on the likes of Suryakumar, Tilak and Hardik, who will face KKR’s lethal spin duo of Narine and Varun.

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Boult has been poor with the new ball this season, which is very unlike him. Speaking ahead of the match, the veteran MI pacer said, “I would love to. I don't think the ball's been swinging as much as I'd like it to, but it's a long tournament so hopefully I will enjoy some success at some point too early in the season. We understand this game can be tough for both bowlers and batters and yeah, we've had two games. I don't think we're going to look too much into it. Hopefully we can turn it around very quickly (at the Wankhede).”

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Recently KKR and the Eden Gardens curator were embroiled in controversy, with the latter being accused of not preparing pitches in according for the home team. The curator was also accused of not listening to any tips from KKR. Responding to that that, KKR head coach Pandit said, “At this moment, my focus is definitely on the next game. I am not thinking about what has to be done and under whose control (is the pitch preparation). I don't know what the system is in different states or different grounds. Of course, as a team management, as a coach, as a captain, we expect something to be provided. Who will not be happy about that (home advantage)?”

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: MI have a 23-11 lead vs KKR in terms of head-to-head. But KKR have an edge, winning five out of their last six meetings.

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Defending champions KKR have been in mixed form this season, but have won their last five out of six matches vs MI since the start of the UAE leg in IPL 2021. They beat MI at the Wankhede last season, which also saw them end a 12-year winless run at the venue. KKR also beat RR in their previous fixture, and will look to build a run here!

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Jasprit Bumrah’s return date is still uncertain and the pacer’s absence has been a huge blow for MI. He was recently seen in a nets session, but is not expected to be in action today!

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: MI have fallen to back-to-back defeats and even skipper Hardik Pandya’s return didn’t serve as motivation in the previous fixture. Against KKR, all eyes will be on Rohit who is in poor form and also on the playing XI. Vignesh, who was their best player in the opening defeat was dropped for the next match. He is expected to return.

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anrich Nortje, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Sunil Narine, Rovman Powell, Mayank Markande, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Satyanarayana Raju, Robin Minz, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Vignesh Puthur, Karn Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Reece Topley, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Krishnan Shrijith

MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Hello and welcome everyone, to our live coverage of today's IPL 2025 showdown between MI and KKR at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. MI are winless and will look to get their first points of the season, but face a KKR side, who will be equally motivated to get a win!