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 by 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.
Mumbai made this record.
This is Mumbai's 24th win over KKR in IPL. At the same time, MI defeated Kolkata for the 10th time at 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 held by RCB who have won both their matches and have secured four points. Their net run rate is also +2.266.
Most wins against a team in IPL
Team Opponent Team Number of wins
Mumbai Indians (MI) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) 24
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) 21
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Punjab Kings (PBKS) 21
Mumbai Indians (MI) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) 20
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) 20
Most wins against a team at a single ground in IPL
Team Opponent Team Ground Number of wins
Mumbai Indians (MI) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Wankhede 10
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Punjab Kings (PBKS) Kolkata 9
Mumbai Indians (MI) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Wankhede 8
Mumbai Indians (MI) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Bengaluru 8
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Chennai 8
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Delhi Capitals (DC) Kolkata 8
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Punjab Kings (PBKS) Hyderabad 8
Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav led the team to victory
Chasing the target of 117 runs, Mumbai got off to a good start. Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton shared a 46-run partnership for the first wicket. Andre Russell got the Hitman caught by Harshit Rana. He could score 13 runs in 12 balls. The former Indian captain once again failed to play a big innings this season. After this Ryan got the support of Will Jacks. Russell gave Mumbai the second blow on the score of 91. Jacks could score 16 runs. Suryakumar Yadav, who came to bat at number four, performed brilliantly and scored 27* runs in just nine balls. At the same time, the South African star batsman remained unbeaten after scoring 62 runs. He completed his half-century in 33 balls.
KKR made the lowest score of the season
Earlier, Mumbai Indians restricted Kolkata Knight Riders to a score of 116 runs based on Ashwini Kumar's lethal bowling. This is the first lowest score of this season. KKR got all out for less than 120 runs for the 10th time in IPL. Interestingly, KKR has been all out six times against Mumbai Indians.
Ashwini Kumar shone
Ashwini Kumar, who made his IPL debut through this match, bowled lethally. He took four wickets for just 24 runs in a spell of just three overs. This is the best performance by an Indian bowler in his debut in IPL history.
Kolkata's batting order collapsed like a pack of cards
Kolkata batsmen performed poorly. The team lost four wickets at a score of 41 in the powerplay itself. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored the highest 26 runs for them. Apart from this, captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 11, Rinku Singh 17, Manish Pandey 19, and Ramandeep Singh scored 22 runs. At the same time, five batsmen could not even touch the double digit mark. For Mumbai, Deepak Chahar took two wickets while Trent Boult, Hardik Pandya, Vignesh Puthur and Mitchell Santner got one wicket each.
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