IPL 2025 MI vs KKR Playing 11; Ashwani Kumar to make debut for Mumbai Indians

IPL 2025 MI vs KKR Playing 11: Hardik Pandya led Mumbai Indians is set to face Ajinkya Rahane led Kolkata Knight Riders to play the 12th match of IPL 2025 on March 31 in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

IPL 2025 MI vs KKR Playing 11

Rohit Sharma has been dismissed inside the first over seven times since the start of the last IPL cycle in 2022 – the most by any batter in this period.

In both the games this season he has not survived beyond the first over. A non-captain with no secondary skill, Rohit is sitting on 16+ crores of Mumbai’s purse.

MI’s win% of 57.15% at Wankhede is the second most by a team across the last two editions, only behind CSK’s 66.67% at Chepauk. In comparison, they have won only five out of the 16 away games in the same period and have lost both their first two games this season away from home.

The one player whose career has been synonymous with KKR’s MI domination has been Venkatesh Iyer. In the six games he played against MI, KKR ended up winning five and the only loss came in 2023 when he scored a century at the Wankhede.

In MI vs KKR match, Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl first. During the toss, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya said “We gonna bowl first, looks like a good track. Knowing Wankhede, dew may or may not come in.

There might be some early swing, it plays well so we thought chasing is a good option. We want to get into good rhythm and kickstart. Overall, we want to play better cricket, we need to stay calm. Will Jacks comes back and we have a debutant – Ashwani Kumar“.

On the other hand, KKR Captain Ajinkya Rahane said “We wanted to bowl first as well but I was confused looking at the wicket, generally Wankede is a good batting surface so I feel it’s a good toss to lose. There’s a little breeze going on, no dew factor to deal with.

We will look to post a good total on the board and I have confidence in our bowlers to defend. We are playing good cricket, every games gives a good opportunity to play good cricket. Lovely ground, we are looking to play good cricket. Sunil comes in place of Mooen“.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): 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

Impact Subs: Anrich Nortje, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Luvnith Sisodia

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): 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: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju