MI vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians 105/2 (12 overs); Rickelton hits fifty in 33 deliveries

  • Mumbai Indians off the mark
  • The first win comes for Hardik Pandya’s side and in an emphatic manner! Ashwani Kumar made a dream debut with his 4/24 in the first innings before Ryan Rickelton made short of the 117-run chase. Suryakumar Yadav added the cherry on top with his late fireworks.
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  • IPL 2025 points table: Find the latest updated standings of the Indian Premier League after the Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders match on March 31.
  • Suryakumar Yadav completes 8,000 runs in T20s
  • Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina are the only other Indian batters to cross the 8,000-run milestone.
  • Russell to Sky, FOUR, pulls this over midwicket, no protection in the deep. FOUR more! A bouncer but Sky ramps this over short third. He whips the third to deep midwicket. A single for Rickelton to point. SIX! Suryakumar Yadav ends this with a Supla, the ball flies way high into the night sky before dropping into the stands.
  • Mumbai Indians wins by 8 wickets
  • Narine to continue. 
  • FOUR for Sky. A sweep shot that is too fast for deep square leg to cut. Another sweep on the next delivery, gets only a single to fine leg now.
  • Eight runs from this over.
  • Russell back into the attack. Jacks taps to mid on and gets a quick single. The second delivery is on the pads, Jacks drives to long on for one run. Jacks makes room to go through the off side, Russell keeps this wide of off, making it difficult to hit.
  • OUT! Rahane has pulled off a blinder! Jacks has to walk back. Jacks drives this on the up but Rahane crouches low to pouch this inches above the ground at short cover.
  • Will Jacks c Rahane b Russell 16(17)
  • Suryakumar Yadav at No. 4. SIX! Sky gets the Supla out, from well outside the off stump he picks this over fine leg.
  • Narine to Jacks, pulls it over cow corner for a SIX. FIFTY for Rickelton in 33 deliveries. Another maximum, picks it off the length and heaves it wide of long on. He works the fourth delivery to long on to pocket a run.
  • Jacks pushes the fifth with soft hands between long on and deep midwicket, runs two. A clip off his pads to deep midwicket gets Jacks a single.
  • Varun for his third. BEATEN! Rickelton goes after this wide delivery which turns further away from him, misses. A single to long on on the second delivery. Jacks sweeps from outside off to to fine leg, single taken. Varun again takes the delivery away from Rickelton, beating him on the drive. Rickelton punches the fifth to deep cover. A leg-spinner to Jacks to finish the over, just misses the edge.
  • Sunil Narine into the attack. SIX! Rickelton gets down on one knee and slog sweeps this over deep midwicket. Narine drags the third by a fraction, Rickelton gets into his crease to push this to deep cover for one.
  • Appeal for lbw and KKR goes up. Jacks goes on the front foot looking to run this to long on, misses the line by some margin and is caught on the pad. The turn ensures the ball just about clips the leg stump and the umpire’s call saves Jacks on that occassion.
  • Varun to Jacks. The third delivery gets him the first run, full and outside off, driven to long off. Rickelton gets a leading edge while trying to work the second delivery through the on side, goes well wide of the bowler and gets him a run. Jacks goes back into his crease, clips off his pad for one run. FOUR! Full and outside off, Rickelton goes for a reverse sweep and beats backward point.
  • Andre Russell into the attack. OUT! Rohit is gone. Tries slap the ball over mid off but is caught. He goes for 13 off 12 balls.
  • Will Jacks in at three. Off the mark with a single. SIX! Jacks pulls over fine leg. 
  • Varun Chakaravarthy into the attack. Two singles in the over so far, one more ball left. A dot off the last ball. 
  • Harshit. Too full and Rickelton smacks it straight past the bowler for four! SIX! Pulls it away way over the square leg region. Low full toss and Rickelton places it past mid off for four! 
  • Johnson. Rickelton gets a thick outside edge over backward point and gets a double. Now he slogs and the ball runs away for four behind square leg. SIX! Rickelton once again swings hard, gets an outside edge that goes over deep third boundary. 13 runs came in that over. 
  • Harshit Rana from the other end. Rohit is beaten on the inside edge. Terrific inswinger! Looks to slog off the second delivery, is beaten again. He takes a single off the third ball. Rickelton is off the mark with a single. Yorker, Rohit times well towards midwicket and gets a double; it’s a no ball as well. Full toss and Rohit slaps it straight for SIX! This time Rohit cuts, and gets a double towards point. 
  • Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton open the innings. Spencer Johnson with the new ball. Rohit on strike. Takes a single off the first ball. Rickelton is beaten on three consecutive deliveries: both inside and outside edges in play. Another play and a miss! 
  • What is the lowest total defended by KKR?
  • Kolkata skittled out for 116 runs against Mumbai Indians on Monday, leaving its bowlers to the uphill task of defending the total.
  • Terrific bowling display by Mumbai. Got Sunil Narine out in the first over itself then each bowler chipped in with at least one wicket. Ashwani Kumar was the star picking four wickets in his IPL debut. 
  • KKR 116 all out in 16.2 overs
  • Santner for his last over. Half tracker and Ramandeep goes over long on for a six! He gets a thick outside edge straight to short third. KKR is all out for 116!
  • Rohit Sharma subbed in for Vignesh Puthur. 
  • Boult is back. Ramandeep steals a double. Had Boult collected the ball cleanly, it would have been a run out. SIX! Ramandeep goes over midwicket! Much needed boundary for KKR. Eight runs from the over. 
  • Vignesh is back. Ramandeep plays a lofted cover drive for four! OUT! Harshit is gone. He slog sweeps straight to deep midwicket. Wonderful bowling display by MI today. 
  • Spencer Johnson is the last man in. 100-up for KKR! 
  • Ashwani Kumar into record books!
  • Ashwani started with the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane on his first delivery. He then claimed Rinku Singh and Manish Pandey in his second over before nabbing Andre Russell in the third.
  • Santner. Terrific delivery, squares up Harshit who gets an outside edge and runs three. Just four runs from the over. 
  • Ashwani. Russell clears front leg and smacks the ball past covers for four. OUT! Russell is gone as well!! Tries to slog, misses and ball crashes into the stumps. Sensational stuff from the debutant. Russell goes for five off 11 balls. 
  • Harshit Rana at the crease. End of another good over, just six off it. 
  • Ramandeep Singh is the new man in. 
  • Santner continues. Russell is given LBW off the first ball! He reviewed it though. Wickets missing! Russell survives. Terrific bowling this, Russell yet to put bat behind the ball. 
  • Ashwani is back. Rinku comes down the track and smacks the ball towards cover for four. OUT! Rinku is gone. Once again charges down the track, gets a thick outside edge straight to deep extra cover. Rinku falls for 17 off 14 balls.
  • Andre Russell at the crease now. Welcomed by a bouncer, he leaves it. Four! Pandey advances down the track and pushes the ball towards long off for four. OUT! Pandey is gone. Cleaned him up. Pandey was stuck at his crease and missed a length ball. 
  • Mitchell Santner into the attack. Rinku tries to cut the first between short third man and point but fails to pick the gap, no run. The second grips and turns sharply into the leftie, gets his bat in the way and runs one.
  • Pandey facing Santner, drives to deep cover, one run. Daring! Rinku reverse sweeps but just about clears the point fielder, one run as deep cover stops this. Manish punches the final delivery to deep cover to make it four singles from the over.
  • Hardik to Pandey, one run to deep cover with a punch. Rinku blocks this outside off and picks a single through covers. Pandey square drives to point, no run. A bouncer to follow from Hardik, Pandey ducks.
  • FOUR! Backs his pull shot on this bouncer, breaches the fence with perfect placement wide of deep midwicket.
  • Manish Pandey is the Impact Player. He comes in to avert a complete collapse.
  • Vignesh Puthur now. A full delivery on the pads, Rinku works it away to fine leg for one. Pandey tries to swipe across at this wide delivery, manages to but short midwicket stops it. 
  • SIX! A short ball, Pandey goes deep into his crease to heave it over deep midwicket. Pandey drills the fourth to long on for one. SIX MORE! Rinku hops out of his crease, gets to the pitch and picks it over long on with the turn.
  • Hardik Pandya to bowl his first over. Angkrish on strike. 
  • The second nips into the right-hander, clips it to third man for one. Rinku mistimes a flick on the third delivery, gets an inside edge onto his pad, no run. Two runs on the fourth, Rinku shuffles to his leg side and slices over point, cut off by deep cover. Rinku slashes the fifth to deep third, one run.
  • GONE! Angkrish takes on the bouncer but finds the fielder at deep midwicket. A promising innings cut short.
  • Angkrish Raghuvanshi c Naman b Pandya 26(16)
  • Chahar to Angkrish, FOUR! Full and outside off and Angkrish plays a straight drive that would delight any cricket enthusiast. He runs the second down to deep third for one. Chahar goes a touch short to Iyer, sways away out of the line. 
  • WICKET! Chahar has his second. Another one hugging the bodyline, Iyer wants to ramp this over the keeper but it comes to him too fast, leading to an edge which Rickelton collects.
  • Venkatesh Iyer c Rickelton b Chahar 3 (9)
  • Rinku Singh in next, not very often that he’s taking guard in the PowerPlay. CLOSE! Another bouncer at the bodyline from Chahar, Rinku ducks away from this.
  • Boult to Angkrish, a hint of movement away, takes the outside of the bat and gets him a single in front of point. Boult to Iyer, defends, this delivery comes straight into him. No run, angling into the pads, Iyer blocks it to midwicket. Iyer punches the fourth from outside off, fielded by covers. Two runs on the fifth, Iyer heaves this over point, does not middle it, but gets enough to clear the circle. PUT DOWN! Iyer slices the last straight to Ashwani at short third who spills it.
  • Ashwani Kumar to Rahane, OUT! That’s a dream debut for Ashwani. This is wide outside off and Rahane slices this, holes out to Tilak Varma at third man. He fumbles the ball at first but gathers it on the second try.
  • Ajinkya Rahane c Tilak b Ashwani 11 (7)
  • Venkatesh Iyer walks in now. Ashwani nips it back into the leftie, beats him. CHANCE! Iyer steps down the track for a heave, the bat turns in his hand bringing the point fielder into the mix to catch that. Mitchell Santner turns back and tries for it but cannot.
  • SIX! Another short ball dispatched over fine leg. Angkrish picks his first maximum. He punches the final delivery to third man for one.
  • Boult to Raghuvanshi, charges down to which Boult pulls his length back, guided to short third for a single. SIX RUNS! A bouncer to Rahane who hooks this behind square. Rahane drives the third to mid off for another single. Angkrish pulls, but there is a deep square leg in place which keeps this shot down to two.
  • Deepak Chahar to de Kock, starts with a wide outside off. OUT! De Kock has picked the mid off fielder, this was slightly wide but there for hitting, he drives from slightly outside the line and perishes.
  • Quinton de Kock c Ashwani b Chahar 1 (3)
  • FOUR! Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets the first delivery on his pads, whips it away through square leg. FOUR more! Class! Angkrish gets on top of the bounce and punches through point. He defends the fourth and the pair completes a quick single.
  • Chahar to Rahane now. FOUR to end the over, too full and Rahane picks it and sends it through mid on.
  • Boult to de Kock, a length ball outside off, driven to covers. The second shapes away from the off-stump line, de Kock leans in and plays it wide of mid off to pick a single. Boult to Narine, no run, clears his front leg for a slog down the ground, does not middle it.
  • CLEANS HIM UP! Another away swinging delivery to the leftie, Narine makes room but cannot get his bat down in time to this full delivery.
  • Sunil Narine b Boult 0(2)
  • Two dot balls for Ajinkya Rahane to start his essay.
  • The first-choice opening pair Sunil Narine and Quinton de Kock is back for Kolkata. 
  • Trent Boult to bowl the first over for MI.
  • Trent Boult will not be the only left-armer for MI in today’s game. The 23-year-old Ashwani Kumar came into the side for the game. The Punjab bowler specialises in death bowling and will be carrying a big responsibility in the first innings today.
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  • 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
  • Impact subs – Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju
  • 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
  • Impact subs – Anrich Nortje, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Luvnith Sisodia
  • Mumbai Indians has won the toss and opts to bowl. 
  • Two changes for MI: Will Jacks comes back, Ashwani Kumar makes his debut
  • KKR makes one change: Sunil Narine replaces Moeen Ali
  • Suryakumar Yadav is 20 runs away from completing 8,000 runs in T20 cricket. 
  • Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton
  • Batters: Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Tilak Varma, Ajinkya Rahane
  • All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Sunil Narine (c), Andre Russell
  • Bowlers: Varun Chakaravarthy, Deepak Chahar, Vaibhav Arora
  • Credits left: 9.5 | Team composition: KKR 6:5 MI
  • Chandrakant Pandit, the Kolkata Knight Riders head coach, has stated that Indian Premier League (IPL) franchisees will enjoy home advantage if they are provided.
  • Matches played: 85
  • Won: 53
  • Lost: 31
  • Tied: 1
  • Matches played: 34
  • MI won: 23
  • KKR won: 11
  • Last five results: KKR 4-1 MI
  • Last result: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs (Kolkata. 2024)
  • IPL 2025 points table: Find the latest updated standings of the Indian Premier League after the Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings match on March 30.
  • Kolkata Knight Riders predicted lineup
  • Batting 1st: Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
  • Bowling 1st: Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
  • Impact subs – Angkrish Raghuvanshi/Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia.
  • Mumbai Indians predicted lineup
  • Batting 1st: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Robin Minz, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult.
  • Bowling 1st: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Satyanarayana Raju.
  • Impact subs – Robin Minz/Satyanarayana Raju, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Arjun Tendulkar.
  • If Hardik Pandya’s men want to stay in play-off contention deeper into the season, they will have to be at their best at home.
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  • The Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 match will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India.
  • How to watch the live streaming of Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 match?
  • The Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 match will be streamed live JioHotstar.
  • Mumbai Indians – Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Bevon Jacobs, Ryan Rickelton, Robin Minz, Krishnan Shrijith, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Vignesh Puthur, Will Jacks, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Lizaad Williams, Karn Sharma, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Satyanarayana Raju, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
  • 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.

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