A winless Mumbai Indians (MI) will be desperate to break their losing streak as they take on the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium in match 12 of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL) on Monday, March 31. (More Cricket News | Schedule | Teams | Points Table)
Both sides come into this fixture on the back of contrasting results, with KKR beating RR by 8 wickets whereas MI losing to GT by 36 runs. Hardik Pandya's men alongside RR are the two teams that have yet to taste victory in IPL 2025.
KKR will be boosted by the return of their talismanic Sunil Narine for the Mumbai clash after the West Indian missed their last match due to sickness. Narine scored 44 off 26 balls in their opening day defeat to RCB before returning with 1/27 as the holders lost by seven wickets.
MI vs KKR IPL Match: Weather Report
Temperatures in the evening will be relatively cooler than the mornings. As per AccuWeather, it will be 29° with partly cloudy and warm. The humidity will be around 49%. The dew point will be 18° so that could affect the toss result as well.
MI vs KKR IPL Match: Pitch Report
The Wankhede track has always been a batting-friendly and assisted the batters historically. With short boundaries, the stadium has been famous for high-scoring encounters. With dew playing part, expect the captain winning the toss to bowl first and can make the most of it whilst chasing.
MI vs KKR IPL Match: Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders - Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh , Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Venkatesh Iyer, Moeen Ali, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson.
Mumbai Indians - Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickleton, Deepak Chahar, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Corbin Bosch, Vignesh Puthur.
