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The second match of this season of IPL will be played today between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. The match will start at 7:30 PM at Mumbai’s home ground Wankhede Stadium, while the toss will take place at 7 PM.
MI is a five-time champion (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020). Last season the team stood third. At the same time, KKR has won titles in 2012, 2014 and 2024, but the last season was not special for them and the team finished 8th.
Kolkata won only 2 matches in Wankhede
Mumbai Indians’ record against Kolkata Knight Riders is quite strong. Of the 35 matches played between the two teams, MI has won 24 matches, while KKR has won 11. Both the teams faced each other 12 times at Wankhede. Home team Mumbai won 10 matches. At the same time, Kolkata won only 2.

Mumbai’s batting and bowling both strong
Mumbai Indians are considered a strong contender for the title this time. The team includes T20 World Cup winning Indian players captain Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma and Jasprit Bumrah along with Rohit Sharma, due to which both batting and leadership look strong.
Among the foreign players, names like Ryan Rickelton, Sherfan Rutherford, Corbin Bosch, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner, Will Jacques, Allah Ghazanfar and Trent Boult are making the team more balanced.
The pair of Bumrah and Bolt is considered very dangerous in bowling. Apart from these, experienced Indian bowlers like Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar give strength to the team, while Naman Dheer can once again be seen playing the role of finisher.

Great openers near Kolkata
Kolkata Knight Riders team looks a little weak after 4 bowlers are out. Zimbabwean fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani can play an important role. The major responsibility of the bowling department will be on Varun Chakraborty, who has been a part of the T20 World Cup winning team.
KKR looks very strong in batting. The team has explosive batsmen from numbers 1 to 8, so they will try to cover the lack of bowling with batting. The squad has excellent openers like New Zealand’s Finn Allen and Tim Seifert, while two excellent all-rounders like Cameron Green and Sunil Narine strengthen the team.

Team update- 4 pacers of KKR out
Harshit Rana and Akashdeep were ruled out due to injury, while Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman will not be able to play IPL due to political controversy. Sri Lanka’s Mathish Pathirana is also not completely fit. On the other hand, Jasprit Bumrah has joined Mumbai.
Pitch Report- New ball will provide swing and bounce
The pitch at Wankhede generally proves to be more helpful to the batsmen than the bowlers. High scoring matches are seen here. Pacers also get help on this wicket. Especially the swing and bounce here is good with the new ball.
So far 123 IPL matches have been played here. In 57 matches, the team batting in the first innings has won and in 66, the team chasing has won. The highest team score here is 235/1, which was made by Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians in 2015.
Weather will be normal in Mumbai
The weather in Mumbai is likely to be normal. There will be light clouds throughout the day and the temperature is expected to be between 25 to 33 degrees Celsius. The probability of rain is around 25%, while the wind speed can be around 15 km per hour. Overall the weather will remain pleasant.
Possible playing of both teams-12
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Naman Dheer, Hardik Pandya (captain), Sherfan Rutherford, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar/Mitchell Santner, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Finn Allen (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty, Umran Malik, Blessing Muzarabani.
Where can you watch the match?
Live telecast of IPL matches will be done on Star Sports Network. At the same time, its live streaming will be available on Jio Hotstar app and website. Apart from this, match scores and all updates can also be seen on Dainik Bhaskar App.
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