- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.3 Shardul Thakur can do no wrong today! Three overs, three wickets! Rahane falls with the pressure building. Cross-seam full ball outside off. Rahane tries to go inside out but it comes off the toe end. Hardik Pandya at cover back-tracks and takes a simple catch. Rahane falls for 67 off 40, having laid the platform for his team 145/35.2 lord strikes! Allen looks to go downtown but ends up dragging this slower delivery to wide long-on. KKR were running away with it, so this is a big wicket. That was bowled at 117kph. 69/18.5 dug in short, Green tries to get on top of the bounce and slap but has ended up picking the lone man at deep cover. Green will be livid with himself. Shardul took pace off, and the moment Green hit it he knew the timing was slightly off, and that was enough. 109/218.3 Sliced in the air, and taken! Hardik bowls it away from Raghuvanshi, making him reach out and he skies it off the toe end towards deep cover. Tilak settles under it and this time, Raghuvanshi's catch is taken. 205/4Extras10 (lb 2, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL220/4 (20 Overs, RR: 11)Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Finn Allen, 5.2 ov), 2-109 (Cameron Green, 8.5 ov), 3-145 (Ajinkya Rahane, 13.3 ov), 4-205 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TA Boult 4 0 38 0 9.5 7 3 1 3 0 HH Pandya 3 0 39 1 13 7 5 2 2 0 AM Ghazanfar 4 0 51 0 12.75 6 3 4 1 0 JJ Bumrah 4 0 35 0 8.75 4 4 0 1 1 SN Thakur 4 0 39 3 9.75 7 5 1 0 0 M Markande 1 0 16 0 16 1 0 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.2 Muzarabani goes pace off again, and oh wait that's a direct hit and Rickelton is run-out in a bit of bizarre fashion! Rickelton punches this down towards long-off and wants a second, but Tilak sends him back. But as Rickelton turns to get back to the crease at the non-striker's end, he is blocked by Muzarabani, who was trying to get behind the line of the throw from the deep, which ends up hitting the stumps! Rickelton immediately sets off, knowing he was a goner. No complaints there either, as Muzarabani seemingly wasn't intentionally trying to block him. Anukul Roy again with heroics on the field! 184/311.5 Anukul Roy hangs on to a clanger! He has a habit of those! 137kph full ball angled across, Rohit looks to slog it away but it comes off the top edge. Anukul Roy is running back from mid-on and has to put in a full-length dive to hold on to that. The bowler applauds that effort as Rohit walks off. MI and Rohit Sharma fans, you can blame Praveen there for that timely comment 148/114.2 Tyagi gets some reward for his efforts. 141kph back of length ball. SKY stays still and looks to swing it away. Gets the height but not the distance, and Rinku Singh shows good judgement on the boundary rope at deep midwicket to pouch that and keep his balance 179/218.4 Tilak picks out long-on! Slowed down to 83.1kph, it's an offbreak outside off. Tilak looks to go downtown but picks out Manish Pandey, who is a safe pair of hands 215/4Extras6 (lb 2, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL224/4 (19.1 Overs, RR: 11.68)Fall of wickets: 1-148 (Rohit Sharma, 11.5 ov), 2-179 (Suryakumar Yadav, 14.2 ov), 3-184 (Ryan Rickelton, 15.2 ov), 4-215 (Tilak Varma, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB VG Arora 4 0 52 1 13 8 5 4 1 0 B Muzarabani 3 0 34 0 11.33 6 4 2 0 0 CV Varun 4 0 48 0 12 5 6 2 1 0 Kartik Tyagi 4 0 43 1 10.75 9 4 2 0 1 SP Narine 3 0 30 1 10 6 1 3 0 0 AS Roy 1.1 0 15 0 12.85 1 1 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Mumbai Indians , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
29 March 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Mumbai Indians 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 78 runs, 1 wicket)
- Mumbai Indians Impact Player Subs: Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Minz, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa and Ashwani Kumar
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Subs: Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey and Tejasvi Dahiya
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 3.5 overs (23 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (AM Rahane 21, FH Allen 28, Ex 4)
- Over 6.3: Review by Mumbai Indians (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Sahasrabudhe, Batter - AM Rahane (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 94/1 in 7.0 overs (AM Rahane 45, C Green 8)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 5
- AM Rahane: 50 off 27 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 144/2 in 13.0 overs (AM Rahane 67, A Raghuvanshi 16)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 6
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (A Raghuvanshi 28, RK Singh 21, Ex 1)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 7
- A Raghuvanshi: 50 off 28 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 220/4 in 20.0 overs (RK Singh 33, Ramandeep Singh 4)
- Over 19.6: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - MV Saidharshan Kumar, Batter - Ramandeep Singh (Struck down)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 80 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Sub: Kartik Tyagi for Finn Allen (Kolkata Knight Riders innings, 19.6 ov)
- Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (25 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (RD Rickelton 28, RG Sharma 24, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians - 80/0 in 6.0 overs (RD Rickelton 28, RG Sharma 51)
- RG Sharma: 50 off 23 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 49 balls (RD Rickelton 43, RG Sharma 58, Ex 1)
- RD Rickelton: 50 off 24 balls (2 x 4, 6 x 6)
- Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 11.6 overs (73 balls), Extras 3
- Mumbai Indians Impact player Sub: Suryakumar Yadav in for Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians innings, 11.5 ov)
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians - 183/2 in 15.0 overs (RD Rickelton 80, NT Tilak Varma 4)
- Over 16.4: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Sahasrabudhe, Batter - NT Tilak Varma (Struck down)
- Mumbai Indians: 200 runs in 16.6 overs (103 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
All Match NewsRohit Sharma's IPL 2026 version - vintage and new-age
Now a one-format player in international cricket, he looked in pristine touch as he scored his fastest-ever IPL fifty against Kolkata Knight Riders
Rahane says Green not bowling disrupts KKR's 'balance with the ball'
KKR captain feels Green's unavailability is a challenge but framed it as an opportunity for other bowlers
Rahane, Raghuvanshi fifties lift KKR to 220
Shardul Thakur impressed on his MI debut, taking 3 for 39
MI opt to bowl vs KKR; Ghazanfar, Thakur and Rutherford debut for hosts
KKR also had three debutants in Finn Allen, Blessing Muzarabani and Cameron Green
The middle-overs riddle - KKR's 2025 problem continues into 2026
Against MI, KKR slowed down in the middle overs, which cost them the game - an issue that dogged them through 2025



