Mumbai Indians (MI) star batsman Rohit Sharma's bat remained silent against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as well. He was dismissed after scoring just 13 runs. Hitman has not been able to perform anything special so far this season. Earlier, he had scored eight runs against Gujarat while in the opening match against Chennai, he could not even open his account.

Rohit has been able to score 20+ only once in the last 10 innings.

Surprisingly, the right-handed batsman has been able to score only 141 runs in the last 10 innings of IPL. He scored more than 20 runs only once (played an innings of 68 runs against Lucknow in the last season). In the match played on Saturday, Rohit was made a victim by Andre Russell. In the T20 format, Rohit has scored 139 runs in 16 innings against this West Indies bowler, batting at a strike rate of 163.5.

Mumbai defeated KKR by eight wickets.

Mumbai Indians (MI) opened their account of victory by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by eight wickets. In this match played at Wankhede on Monday, after losing the toss and batting first, defending champions KKR scored only 116 runs in 20 overs losing 10 wickets. In reply, Mumbai brought smiles to the faces of fans by achieving the target in just 12.5 overs thanks to Ryan Rickelton's half-century innings. Earlier, Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings had defeated them.

Big change in the points table

This is Mumbai's 24th win over KKR in IPL. At the same time, MI defeated Kolkata for the 10th time at the Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai has made a big upset in the points table by winning with 43 balls remaining. With two points and a net run rate of 0.309, Mumbai reached the sixth position while KKR slipped to the 10th position. They do have two points in their account but KKR's net run rate has become -1.428. The top spot in the IPL 2025 points table is currently RCB, who have won both their matches and got four points. Their net run rate is also +2.266.

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