IPL 2026, KKR vs MI Updates: Rain halts KKR's surge

MI 57-4 (8 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Heavy rain suddenly hit Eden Gardens, forcing play to stop immediately. The downpour intensified quickly as players rushed off the field. 

Groundstaff hurried onto the ground to put the covers in place. The match remains halted due to the rain.

The entire playing area is being covered. 

Kartik Tyagi comes into the attack Hardik Pandya flicks the first delivery straight to the fielder at mid-wicket for no run. Hardik then gets off the strike by whipping one off his pads to deep backward square leg for a single. 

A dot later, Tilak dances down and lofts one over cover for a couple. 

Tilak then nudges one to point and gets a single. 50 up for MI in 6.5 overs. 

Hardik then swings and misses a length delivery outside off. Just 4 runs came off Tyagi's first over. 

Sunil Narine comes into the attack and beats Tilak on the outside edge with an away going delivery before Tilak guides one to backward square leg for a single. 

Another single later, Narine beats Tilak and the ball races away to the fence. (4 byes).

A dot and a single to mid-wicket to end the 7-run over. 

Cameron Green continues and Suryakumar Yadav drives the first delivery along the ground and the ball races away to the long-off fence. 

Four more! Suryakumar moves across and whips one through fine leg. 

Follows it up with a single to deep backward point. 

A dot later, Tilak Varma gets off the mark with a single through deep backward point. 

A dot to end the over. 10 runs came off it. 

Saurabh Dubey with his third over and Tilak taps the first delivery to backward point for a single. 

Six! Shortish delivery on leg and Suryakumar laps it fine for a maximum. 

Out! Suryakumar is out, clean bowled. Dubey goes round the wicket and bowls one outside off, forcing Suryakumar to reach out to it who looks to drive firmly but ends up dragging the ball onto his stumps.

Suryakumar goes for 15 off 6 with two boundaries and a six. 

Hardik Pandya comes to the crease and plays out a dot before smashing a short and wide delivery outside off through backward point for a boundary. 

A single through forward short leg to end the over. 12 runs came off it. 

Cameron Green comes into the attack and Rohit Sharma with his signature pull shot to send a shortish delivery on leg for a massive six over backward square leg. 

Follows it up with a single through backward square leg. 

Out! Rickelton is out, caught by Manish Pandey. Short delivery and Rickelton looks to go big but gets a top-edge and the ball goes high up in the air and Manish takes a tough catch. 

Rickelton goes for 6 off 7 balls with one boundary. 

Naman Dhir comes to the crease and gets beaten on the outside edge twice.

KKR review for caught behind and Dhir is out for a three-ball duck! Green strikes. 

Suryakumar Yadav is the new man. 

Saurabh Dubey continues and Rohit is beaten on the outside edge off consecutive ball before he ramps a half-volley into the crowd for a six. 

A dot later, Rohit perishes, looking to hoist Dubey over the deep mid-wicket boundary he holes out to Green who covers a lot of ground to hold onto a touch catch. Mumbai lose their third. 

Rohit goes for 15 off 13 balls with two sixes. 

Tilak Varma comes to the crease and Dubey bowls one way outside off and is called a wide. 

A dot to end the 7-run over. 

Mumbai Indians openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton are out in the middle. 

Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy to with the new ball for Kolkata Knight Riders. 

Rickelton is on strike and he gets off the mark by punching the first delivery to long-off for a single.

Rohit then guides one to deep square leg  and opens his account with a single. 

Four! Short delivery and Rickelton cracks it through covers for a boundary. 

Two dots later, Rickelton gets hit on the pads but the impact is outside leg. 

6 runs came off the first over. 

Saurabh Dubey to bowl from the other end and Rohit defends the back of a length delivery on off before taking a hit on the box. 

Rohit gets off the strike by guiding the next to deep backward point for a single. 

A wide outside off follows. 

Rickelton mistimes one to point for a single as Manish Pandey fumbles.

Dube then bowls a pin-point yorker which Rohit digs out to the leg side. 

A single (leg byes) to end the over. Just 4 runs came off it. 

Have a look at the Playing XIs:

Mumbai Indians: Ryan Rickelton (Wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Raghu Sharma.

Impact Subs: Shardul Thakur, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Krish Bhagat, AM Ghazanfar.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Saurabh Dubey.

Impact Subs: Finn Allen, Vaibhav Arora, Ramandeep Singh, Tejasvi Singh, Rahul Tripathi.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and has elected to field first. 

"We are looking to bowl first. It is as simple as that. We want to focus on that, we have to win two out of two and we want to stay in the moment. In the first half of the tournament there were moments if we had capitalised,  things would have been different. It is frankly tough to read the wicket, we need to play good cricket throughout 40 overs. We are going with the same team," Rahane said after winning the toss. 

Hardik said: "We would have bowled first as well. Looks like a track which has been under the covers. Just wanted to see how exactly it plays out. Every game you play, you want to win. You want to play your best cricket, put the best foot forward. At the same point of time, Mumbai Indians have a long history of winning titles. So just want to make sure that we keep the head high and make sure that we represent Mumbai Indians in the best capacity."

The last match at the Eden Gardens between KKR and Gujarat Titans turned out to be a very high scoring affair, with the two teams combined scoring more than 450 runs. A similar batting-friendly pitch could be expected for the match against MI with KKR looking to make most of their in-form batting line-up.

The weather prediction by Accuweather has forecast a couple of thunderstorms in the evening on Wednesday which could impact the conditions.

Mumbai Indians hold a superior head-to-head record against Kolkata Knight Riders, winning 25 out of 36 matches. Out of the last five games played, MI have won three including a six-wicket win earlier this season.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Saurabh Dubey, Kartik Tyagi.

Mumbai Indians: Ryan Rickelton (Wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Naman Dhir, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Raghu Sharma.

Hello and welcome to the coverage of the Indian Premier League 2026 match No. 65 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

KKR will fight to keep their playoff hopes alive when they take on already-eliminated Mumbai Indians in the must-win clash. With their campaign hanging by a thread, KKR cannot afford another slip-up as defeat would officially knock them out of the tournament for the second straight season under captain Ajinkya Rahane.

KKR have endured another inconsistent season after finishing eighth in 2025, just a year after winning the IPL title under Shreyas Iyer. Even if they beat MI, their qualification hopes will still depend on results elsewhere.

Punjab Kings' match against Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday could decide KKR's fate. If Punjab win, KKR's final league match against Delhi Capitals on Sunday (May 24) will become meaningless. Punjab currently have 13 points, while Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals are all on 12 points. KKR are on 11 points with two matches remaining.

Among the teams still in contention for the final playoff spot, the Royals and KKR are the only sides with two games left. Rajasthan are in the strongest position, needing wins against Lucknow and Mumbai to reach 16 points and secure qualification.

KKR, however, face a tougher situation. They must win both their remaining matches and also hope Punjab lose to Lucknow, as Punjab can still qualify with 15 points and hold a much better net run-rate.

For Mumbai Indians, the focus will be on ending a disappointing campaign on a positive note and damaging KKR's playoff push. The five-time champions are likely to welcome back captain Hardik Pandya, who missed the last three matches because of injury but returned to full training on Monday.

Hardik has struggled this season, scoring only 146 runs in eight innings and taking four wickets at an expensive economy rate. Mumbai's campaign has also suffered because several senior Indian players have failed to deliver consistently.

Suryakumar Yadav has scored just 195 runs in 11 innings without a half-century, while Rohit Sharma and Tilak Varma have also struggled for form. Jasprit Bumrah has led the bowling attack strongly but received little support from the rest of the pace unit.

Where to Watch: The match will be broadcast live on Star Sports from 7.30 pm IST, while JioHotstar will stream the match in multiple languages.