The Mumbai Indians (MI) are facing the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their first home game of the IPL 2025 season at Wankhede Stadium on March 31, 2025. MI, led by Hardik Pandya, are aiming to secure their first win after two consecutive losses, while KKR, the defending champions, seek to maintain their winning momentum. After winning the toss and choosing to bowl first, the MI bowling line-up has stunned the visitors. In an unexpected turn of events, half of the KKR lineup has been sent back to the pavilion in what has been an early collapse for the Knight Riders.
Trent Boult started off proceedings with smashing off the bails for KKR opener Sunil Narine. Deepak Chahar joined the party in the very next over as he got the better of wicket-keeper batter Quinton De Kock. After that, MI's debutant Ashwani Kumar shone taking four big wickets of KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey an Andre Russel. The MI pace bowling unit has really dominated at Wankhede, taking eight wickets under 100 runs.
Fan reactions to KKR’s early collapse
Here are some of the fan reactions to this early collapse for the Kolkata Knight Riders:
Currently, Andre Russell and Ramandeep Singh are still at the crease taking KKR innings further.
