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IPL Updates: MI hammer KKR by 8 wickets

Mon, 31 March 2025

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22:35

Rickelton scores half ton

MI 121-2 (12.5 ovs) vs KKR 116 | Scorecard

Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets in Indian Premier League at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.

Chasing a meagre 117 for victory, Ryan Rickelton scored his maiden IPL ton and Suryakumar Yadav put the finishing touches with a 9-ball 27 as MI raced to victory in just 12.5 overs.

MI's left-arm pacer Kumar became the first Indian to take four wickets on an IPL debut and help restrict KKR, who were bowled out in 16.2 overs.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi top-scored for KKR with 26 off 16 balls.

Russell continues, short ball and Surya pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a four!

SKY then does SKY things and ramps the ball over vacant third man for a four!

Full and on the pads and SKY flicks it to the leg side for a single.

Rickelton then cuts the ball to backward point for a single and SKY finishes it in style with a front foot flick for 6 runs and MI win by 8 wickets.

Narine continues and Rickelton starts with a single.

Surya then gets low and sweeps the ball to square leg for a four!

He then takes a single to backward square leg.

A dot later, Rickelton then gets a single to long-on.

Surya then clips the ball to mid-wicket for a single.

Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in and he beaten on the outside edge first ball.

Surya then scoops the ball from off side and plays it over fine leg for a six!

A wicket and 8 runs come off it.

Russell is back in the attack and Jacks and Rickelton take a single the first two balls.

A dot later, Jacks plays the ball to cover where Rahane takes a sharp low catch to send the batter back for 16. MI lose 2nd wicket.

22:15

Narine gets a leathering

MI 89-1 (10 ovs) vs KKR 116 | Scorecard

Narine continues and Rickelton goes to his leg side, Narine bowls it short and the batter pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a six to bring up his maiden IPL half-ton.

A dot later, Rickelton hammers a six over long on for a six!

Rickelton and Jacks then rotate the strike as 16 come off the over.

Chakravarthy continues and he gives just three in the over.

22:15

Narine gets a leathering

MI 89-1 (10 ovs) vs KKR 116 | Scorecard

Narine continues and Rickelton goes to his leg side, Narine bowls it short and the batter pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a six to bring up his maiden IPL half-ton.

A dot later, Rickelton hammers a six over long on for a six!

Rickelton and Jacks then rotate the strike as 16 come off the over.

Chakravarthy continues and he gives just three in the over.

22:06

MI batting confidently

MI 70-1 (8 ovs) vs KKR 116 | Scorecard

Timeout called. MI racing to victory at home.

Narine continues and Jacks starts the over with a single to long-off.

A dot later, a full ball and Rickelton gets underneath it and sweeps it over deep mid-wicket for a six!

He then takes a single to deep point.

Narine then appeals for leg before, no says the umpire. KKR review but lose it as it says umpire's call as the ball was hitting outside off stump.

A dot to end the over as 8 come off it.

Charkravarthy continues and after two dots, Jacks and Rickelton take three singles.

Rickelton then plays a reverse sweep and gets a boundary to third man as 7 come off it.

21:55

Rohit out for 13

MI 55-1 (6 ovs) vs KKR 116 | Scorecard

Will Jacks is the new man in and he is off the mark with a punch to deep cover for a single.

Rickelton then taps the ball down and scampers for a single.

He then bowls it down the leg side and Jacks does well to just pull it effortlessly over deep fine leg for a six!

A single to end the over as a wicket and 11 runs come off it.

Medium pacer Russell in the attack and he starts with a no ball.

Free Hit next but Rickelton fails to get a hold of the flick and he only gets a single to the leg side.

Rohit then mistimes a big hoick and Rana gets around and takes a good catch and Rohit is out for 13.

Chakravarthy in the attack now and Rohit plays out two dots before he gets a single to the leg side.

Chakravarthy comes around the wicket, drops it short and Rickelton cuts it to the fielder for a dot.

He bowls the next one on middle and length and Rickelton plays it to mid-on for a single.

Charkravarthy then bowls a quicker one and Rohit plays a dot as just two come off it.

21:44

Harshit taken to the cleaners

MI 42-0 (4 ovs) vs KKR 116 | Scorecard

Rana continues and he starts with one that pitches just outside the leg stump and crashes into his pads. Big shout, no says the umpire.

Slower ball next and Rickelton just drives it straight down the ground for a four!

Short ball next and Rickelton hangs back and he pulls it over deep backward square leg for a six!

Rickelton then swings and misses as he is beaten on the outside edge.

A dot later, full ball and Rickelton creams it past mid-off for a four as 14 come off it.

Johnson continues and Rickelton miscues and the outside edge flies over cover for a couple.

Full and angled in and Rickelton gets an inside edge past fine leg for a four!

Rickelton then goes hard and the ball flies off his outside edge over third man for a six!

Two dots later, Rickelton plays the ball towards mid-off for a single as 13 come off it.

21:35

Poor start for Harshit

MI 16-0 (2 ovs) vs KKR 116 | Scorecard

Harshit Rana opens at the other end and first ball just hits Rohit high on the pad and flies over his stumps. What a ball!

Some inswing here for the bowler and that is a dot.

Rohit then comes down and on the full flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.

A wide later, Rickelton gets a single to the leg side.

Rana then bowls an inswinging yorker and Rohit digs it out to mid-wicket for a couple. No ball called and free hit and Rohit stays back and smashes the ball straight over the bowler for a six!

Rohit then slices the ball to the off side, a misfield allows the batters to come back for a couple as 14 come off it.

Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton come out to chase 117.

Johnson opens the attack and he gets one to come in and Rohit clips it to the leg side for a single.

Johnson then gets one to move away as Rickelton is beaten outside the off stump.

The next ball moves late and the other way, de Kock does well to dive and make a good take.

Rickelton is beaten next three balls on the inside edge and outside edge as just a single comes off it.

21:13

Ramandeep hits some late blows

KKR 116 (16.2 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Left-arm pacer Ashwani Kumari picked four wickets on debut to help MI dismiss Kolkata Knight Riders for a mere 116 in 16.2 overs at the Wankhede on Monday.

KKR lost four wickets in the Powerplay and just couldn't get the momentum in their favour. and had no meaningful partnership to speak of.

Ramandeep hit a few lusty blows at the death to take KKR past 100.

Chahar took two wickets.

Santner back in the attack and Ramandeep smashes the ball over long on for a six to start the over!

Ramandeep then comes down and tries to go after it only to slice it to short third man and he is out for 22 off 12 and KKR are all out for 116.

Rohit comes out as Impact sub for Puthur.

Boult back in the attack and Ramandeep starts the over with a tight couple as Boult fumbles the collection from the deep and fails to run out Johnson.

Short ball and Ramandeep stays back and pulls it over deep square leg for a six!

Two dots later, he takes a single to deep cover. A dot to end the over as 9 come off it.

Johnson is the new man in and he gets off the mark with a single.

Ramandeep is put down next ball by Ramandeep at backward point. He takes a single.

Johnson takes a single to end the over as 8 come off it.

Puthur back in the attack and Ramandeep Singh gets under the ball and lofts it over cover for a four.

He then plays the ball to the leg side for a single.

Rana then goes for the slog sweep, Naman Dhir runs in from the deep and completes a good catch diving in front as the ball starts to die on him. He is out for 4.

20:50

Removes Russell

KKR 94-8 (14 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

KKR need to play out the overs and put on a decent score.

Santner continues and after a dot, Rana edges the ball past slips for 3 as the fielder cuts it at the boundary.

A dot later, Ramandeep takes a single.

Two dots to end the over as 4 come off it.

Harshit Rana is the new man in and Ashwani bowls a no ball.

A dot later, he gets off the mark with a single as a wicket and 6 runs come off it.

Ashwani continues and the short of length ball is slapped over extra cover for a four.

Two dots later, Ashwani strikes again!

He bowls a length ball, Russell goes for the swing but the ball goes under his bat and crashes into his stumps and he is bowled out for 5.

20:38

Rinku, Pandey removed in same over

KKR 84-7 (12 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Ramandeep is the new man in.

Santner continues and he hits Russell on the pads first ball. Big shout for LBW, umpire raises the finger. KKR review and Russell survives.

Russell then takes a single off a leg bye.

Ramandeep then takes a single off a wide. 2 given.

A dot later, Russell then goes for the swing and misses.

He is beaten again before he ends the over with a single as 4 come off it.

Russell is the new man in and Ashwani bowls a wide.

A full ball on the pads and Russell is off the mark with a clip to fine leg for a single.

Short ball and Pandey then comes down and punches the ball past the vacant mid-off for a four!

Pandey then looks to turn the good length ball to third man but only manages to chop on and he is out for 19 off 14.

KKR lose their 6th wicket and Ashwani gets his third.

Ashwani is back in the attack and Pandey starts the over with a single to the leg side.

Ashwani then bowls a good ball, Rinku comes down and slices it over extra cover for a four!

Rinku comes down again, he goes hard and miscues and is caught at deep point and he is out for 17. Ashwani gets his 2nd wicket.

20:23

Rinku, Pandey need to stick around

KKR 69-5 (10 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Mitch Santner in the attack now and after a dot, Rinku and Pandey take three singles. A dot later, Pandey takes a single to the off side to end the over as 4 singles come off it.

MI bowlers have rocked KKR early in the innings here with half the side back in the hut.

Kolkata Knight Riders have used their Impact Player card and it will be up to the sub Manish Pandey and Rinku Singh to bat with sense and put on at least 150 to put on a defence.

Hardik continues and Pandey starts the over with a single.

Rinku then plays the ball to square on the off side for a single.

Pandey then plays two dots.

The ball then gets an extra bounce, Pandey takes his eyes off the ball but he pulls it nicely through mid-wicket for a four.

A dot to end the over as 6 come off it.

20:13

Hardik removes Raghuvanshi

KKR 59-5 (8 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Impact sub Manish Pandey comes out to bat. He is subbing Raghuvanshi.

Puthur is in the attack now and Rinku starts the over with a single.

A dot later, short ball and Pandey pulls it over cow corner for a six!

Pandey then takes as single to long off. A dot later, Rinku slaps the ball over a leaping long off for a six! 14 runs come off the over.

Hardik in the attack now and after a dot, Raghuvanshi plays the ball to the off side for a single.

A dot later, Rinku slices the ball past deep backward point for a couple.

Rinku then takes a single to third man.

Hardik strikes next ball! Raghuvanshi is out for 26 off 16. The batter goes for the pull, ball bounces too much, he pulls it straight to the man at square leg.

20:06

KKR lose four wickets in Powerplay

KKR 41-4 (6 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Rinku is the new man in and he starts with two dots as a wicket and 5 runs come off it.

Chahar continues and Raghuvanshi, the ball is overpitched outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi leans ahead and plays a straight drive down the ground for a four!

Raghuvanshi then takes a single to backward point.

A dot later, Iyer is gone! Short ball, too close to the batter, he plays a late ramp and he is out caught behind for 3 off 9.

Boult continues and just three come off it as Iyer is put down by Ashwani at short third man as he goes for a slice.

19:56

Debutant Ashwani gets wicket off first ball

KKR 33-3 (4 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Venkatesh Iyer is the new man in. After a dot, he gets a life as he dropped next ball.

A dot later, Raghuvanshi hits a six on the leg side before ending the over with a single. A wicket and 8 runs come off it.

Debutant Ashwani Kumar in the attack now and the left-arm medium pacer strikes first ball!

A fuller length ball wide outside off, Rahane swings at it, the ball flies towards deep backward point where Tilak nearly drops in on the first attempt as it pops out. But, he turns back, keeps his eyes on the ball and takes it to complete the catch.

Rahane is out for 11 off 7.

Boult continues and Raghuvanshi starts the over with a single to backward point.

Short ball next and Rahane pulls it powerfully over long leg for a six!

Rahane and Raghuvanshi rotate the strike for singles and twos as 10 come off the over.

19:48

MI on song!

KKR 15-2 (2 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Raghuvanshi is the new man in and he gets off the mark with a four as he flicks the ball through mid-wicket.

Back-to-back fours for the young man as he stands tall and cuts the short ball crisply past backward point.

He then takes a single.

A dot later, Rahane ends the over with a four as he hits a drive on the up down the ground to get off the mark. A wicket and 14 runs come off the over.

Chahar opens at the other end and starts with a wide.

He strikes next ball as de Kock goes for the big drive only to be caught at mid-off. He is out for 1 and

Rahane is the new man in and he plays two dots as just a single and a wicket comes off the opening over.

Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine come out to open the batting for KKR while Trent Boult will open the attack for Mumbai Indians.

De Kock starts with a dot and he then gets off the mark with a single.

Narine plays a dot before Boult sends him back.

136.2kph pitched up ball on middle. some away swing, Narine makes room, swings and misses. The ball crashes into the middle stump and he is out for a duck

19:14

Rohit Sharma's form a question mark

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has won the toss and elected to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday.

Ashwani Kumar will make his debut for Mumbai Indians.

KKR make one change with Sunil Narine coming back and Moeen Ali sitting out.

The pitch is expected to produce a lot of runs, so it'll be a field day for batters. But the dew may not be conducive for batting first.

Playing XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders: 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

Mumbai Indians: 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:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Anrich Nortje, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Luvnith Sisodia

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju

Having got off to a start so typical of themselves in the Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians will hope for a quick turnaround when they take on defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai on Monday.

Starting an IPL season with a string of defeats isn't new for Mumbai Indians, who have lost two games so far -- to Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans.

The tournament's perennial slow-starters are known for getting their act together to win the trophy, but in order to get back on track they will need better execution from their bowlers and consistency from the batters, especially when they lack specialist finishers lower in the order.

Rohit Sharma is blowing hot and cold with the bat while the big-hitting Ryan Rickelton is yet to find his rhythm on Indian pitches in his first IPL tournament.

While the South African batter has provided glimpses of his talent, he hasn't been able to fire.

Rohit, on the other hand, has fallen for two single-digit scores which includes a duck.

Suryakumar Yadav looked to be getting back into form with a 48 against GT, but the knock wasn't the one in which the India's T20I skipper flourished like he is known for.

Consistent chopping and changing to their squad has kept Mumbai Indians on a regular search for the right combination.

Tilak Varma thus remains MI's best hope with the bat along with Suryakumar and the two T20I specialists' promising start to this IPL will be one of the positives that MI would want to build on.

Skipper Hardik Pandya will return to the Wankhede stadium reinvigorated after a string of success on the personal front, in front of the crowd which was completely riled up against him last year when he took over MI's charge from Rohit.

Jasprit Bumrah's absence will prevent Mumbai Indians from unleashing their desired new ball attack comprising left-armers Trent Boult and Reece Topley, as Deepak Chahar will have to share the responsibility of the pace attack with the veteran New Zealand bowler.

For Kolkata Knight Riders, it would be imperative to build on their big win over Rajasthan Royals after losing their season opener to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Led by Ajinkya Rahane, KKR have the requisite firepower in their ranks but Moeen Ali as an opener looked odd in the absence of Sunil Narine as Quinton de Kock's opening partner, with their batting line-up consisting of Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer and Angkrish Raghuvanshi.

In Rinku Singh and Andre Russell, KKR continue to have a solid attacking prowess at the death overs while their bowling is equally appealing.

Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora form a potent new ball attack with the Australian left-armer Spencer Johnson in the mix too, but KKR's real strength lies in their spin attack featuring Narine and Varun Chakravarthy who have the ability to stifle the opposition's batting even on good wickets.

Narine trained on Saturday signalling his recovery from illness and his potential comeback will keep KKR excited given the role he has played for the three-time winners in IPL.

KKR will also take a lot of heart from their 24-run win over Mumbai Indians last year their first at Wankhede Stadium in 12 years and the one that reminded that this venue hasn't been a fortress of late for the five-time winners.

IPL Updates: MI hammer KKR by 8 wickets

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