In match no.65, the in-form Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be taking on the bottom-placed Mumbai Indians (MI). Though both teams are placed at 8th and 9th in the league table. But the scenarios for the teams are quite contrasting. This is the reverse fixture of the KKR vs MI, which was their opening game at the Wankhede Stadium.
Mumbai won the match at their venue by chasing a mammoth total of 221 runs by 6 wickets as Rohit Sharma fired in that game. However, since then, a lot of things have changed. The Eden Gardens always deliver some good attendance, and fans are expected to arrive in large numbers to support the Purple and Gold.
IPL 2026: KKR vs MI Preview:
Kolkata Knight Riders, in their last 5 games, have just lost one and won four games. Ajinkya Rahane and his boys have been doing exceptionally well in the latter stages of the league. They are on the verge of qualification and have two must-win games in their hands, which are at their home venue. They will look to win and believe that the other results go in their favour.
The Mumbai Indians have already been eliminated from the league, and they are already spoiling the parties of the other teams as well. Five-time winners will look for a similar kind of thing tonight and spoil KKR’s playoff qualification scenario. Hardik Pandya might be returning to the side after failing to play in the last three games, which can be a boost for the franchise.
The KKR vs MI clash has always been an exciting one; the two sides have some amazing powerhouses in their batting it will be a high-scoring match. These two sides have met 36 times, with MI having the advantage, winning 25 games, and KKR has won 11 matches. However, post 2023 its a completely different scenario its tied 2-2.
The pitch for KKR vs MI is expected to be a balanced wicket with turn and assistance for the spinners; batting will not be easy. Teams usually prefer to bowl first; however, as ahead of the game, there has been some rain, so the pitch will be undercover, and dew might not be a factor, keeping the rain in mind.
KKR vs MI Toss Result Today IPL 2026 Match 65
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to field first. Ajinkya Rahane said, “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.”
KKR Playing XI vs MI Today IPL 2026 Match 65
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Saurabh Dubey, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakravarthy
MI Playing XI vs KKR Today IPL 2026 Match 65
Ryan Rickelton(w), Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Raghu Sharma
KKR vs MI Impact Players Today IPL 2026 Match 65
Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Players: Vaibhav Arora, Rahul Tripathi, Tejasvi Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Finn Allen
Mumbai Indians Impact Players: Shardul Thakur, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Krish Bhagat, Allah Ghazanfar
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