Mumbai. In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, the left -handed fast bowler Ashwani Kumar caused havoc with four wickets in his debut match (Debut Match). Ashwini became the first Indian bowler to take four wickets in the first match of the IPL, not only created it, while Mumbai also became the biggest trump card of victory.
After Ashwini, Ryan Ricelton, after scoring an unbeaten 62 off 41 balls, decided the victory of Mumbai Indians. In this way, defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders lost by eight wickets in this IPL match from Mumbai on Monday (March 31). This victory of Mumbai was also his sow in the tournament.
23 -year -old Ashwini of Punjab, playing the first match in the IPL, took four wickets for 24 runs. Mumbai, playing at the Wankhede Stadium for the first time this season, dismissed Kolkata Knight Riders for 116 in 16.2 overs, which is his minimum score in this session.
After losing the toss in the match, Kolkata Knight Riders' team collapsed for 116 runs in 16.2 overs. Kolkata Knight Riders started poorly and lost 4 wickets inside the powerplay.
Trent Bolt of Mumbai bowled Sunil Naren (0). Then Deepak Chahar sent wicketkeeper batsman Quinton Dickock (1) to the pavilion. After this, Ashwini Kumar caught captain Ajinkya Rahane on the first ball of the debut match by Tilak Verma. Then Deepak Chahar dismissed Venkatesh Iyer (3). At the time of Venkatesh's dismissal, KKR scored 41 runs losing 4 wickets. Shortly thereafter, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (26) was also dismissed by Hardik Pandya. In this way Kolkata's team score to 45/5
Overall, the Kolkata team did not get a chance to recover from here and went on one after the other. Then the magic of debutant Ashwini Kumar went once again. He dismissed the condition of Kolkata Knight Riders by dismissing Rinku Singh (17), 'Impact Sub' Manish Pandey (19) and Andre Russell (5). Harshit Rana was sent to the pavilion by Vighnesh Puthur. Ramandeep Singh scored 22 runs and got caught in Mitchell Santner's Firki.
Kolkata bowlers also failed
While chasing the very modest target, 'Impact Sub' Rohit Sharma and Ryan Ricelton gave Mumbai Indians a good start. The two together added 46 runs in 5.2 overs for taking the first wicket, but Rohit Andre caught Harshit Rana for 13 runs off Russell. Then Ryan Ryon Ricelton broke down on the bowlers of Kolkata and hit the stormy fifty.
South African Ricelton scored an unbeaten 62 runs on 41 balls with the help of five fours and four sixes. Suryakumar Yadav also returned unbeaten on 27 runs. Andre Russell took both wickets from KKR. Kolkata's Sunil Naren (3 overs 32 runs), Harshit Rana (2 overs 28 runs) proved to be expensive. At the same time, Varun Chakraborty (3 overs 12 runs) and Spencer Johnson (2 overs 14) did not give runs, but could not even take wickets. Which became the reason for his defeat.
Best bowling on IPL debut
6/12- Aljari Joseph (Mi) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2019
5/17- Andrew Tie (Gujarat Lions) vs. Rising Pune Super Giants, 2017
4/11- Shoaib Akhtar (KKR) vs Delhi Capitals, 2008
4/24- Ashwini Kumar (Mi) vs KKR, 2025*
4/26- Kevon Cooper (RR) vs Punjab Kings, 2012
4/33- David Win (RCB) vs Mumbai Indians, 2015
Wicket on first ball for Mumbai (IPL debut)
Ali Murtaza vs RR, 2010 (Naman Ojha)
Aljari Joseph vs SRH, 2019 (David Warner)
Dewald Bravis vs RCB, 2022 (Virat Kohli)
Ashwini Kumar vs KKR, 2025 (Ajinkya Rahane)
