IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians Crush Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 Wickets to Seal First Win of the Season

MI vs KKR Highlights Following a disheartening two-match losing streak, the Mumbai Indians (MI) produced a brilliant all-round performance against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to lock in their first win of IPL 2025. While the MI entered the match following crushing defeats, the team did not face any hiccups against the KKR team. Starting from the very first over, MI dominated the match and ended up winning by eight wickets. Batting first, MI bowled out KKR for a mere 116 runs in 16.2 overs, and then successfully chased down the target in just 12.5 overs.

Here are the highlights:

MI’s KKR demoliton with pace bowling

KKR batters had no answers to the relentless bowling from MI and the pace attack did most of the damage. With the helpless KKR side having no clue how to counter attack, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwari Kumar and Hardik Pandya picked up eight wickets between them.

The triumph of Ashwini Kumar’s debut performance

Ashwini Kumar marked his debut in the IPL by leading the Mumbai team to fold Kolkata at 116 runs within 16.2 overs and chase this target down in 12.5 overs. The performance of Ashwnai was stellar, bagging 4 wickets within 3 overs and dismantling the Kolkat Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium. This was only possible after he bowled claiming the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane whose catch was taken by Tilak Varma at deep backward point for 11(7) and further helped by him removing Ruku Singh as well as Manish Pandey in the second over which reduced KKR to tatters. Rinku was caught by Naman Dhir for 17(14) while Manish was bowled out for 19(14). The onslaught Ashwami continued as he removed Russell Andre for his fourth wicket whom he bowled out for 5(11).

Rohit Sharma does make a big contribution.

Rohit Sharma for the second time in a row isn’t able to make a big impact, being dismissed for 13 by Andre Russell, cumulatively, this didn’t impact the team devoid of effort.

Suryakumar Yadav brings things to a close in a flurry  
Suryakumar Yadav who also took part in the chase went on to score 27 in 9 balls and clinched it off with a six, this feat by him facilitated MI to suspend the game with 43 balls in the side, incredibly increasing their net run rate(NRR).

MI starts earning points, Kolkata reaches an all time low

Mumbai Indians boosted their points this season by winning a match in IPL 2025 opening their account and sit in sixth place currently. In relation to this score, Kolkata Knight Riders steadily lost their rank and are now last on the leaderboard.

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