IPL 2025 MI vs KKR: In the 12th match of IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets and registered a spectacular victory.
In this match, Ryan Rickelton played a brilliant innings of 62 runs and gave the team an easy victory.
IPL 2025 KKR vs MI Match Status
Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and scored 116 runs, which Mumbai Indians achieved in 12.5 overs losing just 2 wickets.
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved right for the team.
First innings: Ashwani Kumar’s fiery bowling, KKR’s weak score
Mumbai Indians bowlers, especially Ashwani Kumar, completely destroyed KKR’s batting. Ashwani took 4 important wickets in his spell, due to which KKR never got into rhythm.
He dashed Kolkata’s hopes by sending dangerous batsmen like Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer and Andre Russell to the pavilion.
KKR had a bad start, and the entire team collapsed after scoring just 116 runs in 16.2 overs.
KKR’s top scorers:
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi – 26 runs (16 balls, 3 fours, 1 six)
- Ramandeep Singh – 22 runs (12 balls, 1 four, 2 sixes)
- Manish Pandey – 19 runs (14 balls, 2 fours, 1 six)
- Rinku Singh – 17 runs (14 balls, 1 four, 1 six)
- Ajinkya Rahane – 11 runs (7 balls, 1 four, 1 six)
MI’s best bowlers:
- Ashwani Kumar – 3 overs, 24 runs, 4 wickets
- Deepak Chahar – 2 overs, 19 runs, 2 wickets
- Mitchell Santner – 3.2 overs, 17 runs, 1 wicket
- Vignesh Puthur – 2 overs, 21 runs, 1 wicket
Second innings: Rickelton and Suryakumar’s storm, easy win for Mumbai
The Mumbai Indians batsmen did not give any chance to the KKR bowlers and achieved the target in 12.5 overs. Ryan Rickelton played a blistering innings of 62 runs, which included 4 fours and 5 sixes.
At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav batted explosively as soon as he came and made the match one-sided by scoring 27* runs in just 9 balls.
KKR bowler Andre Russell took 2 wickets, but he did not prove to be very effective against Mumbai’s batting.
With this win, Mumbai Indians not only gained 2 important points but also strengthened their net run rate.
MI’s top scorers:
- Ryan Rickelton – 62 runs (41 balls, 4 fours, 5 sixes)
- Suryakumar Yadav – 27* runs (9 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes)
- Will Jacks – 16 runs (17 balls, 1 six)
- Rohit Sharma – 13 runs (12 balls, 1 six)
- Tilak Verma – 3 runs (4 balls)
KKR’s best bowlers:
- Andre Russell – 2.5 overs, 35 runs, 2 wickets
- Varun Chakravarthy – 3 overs, 12 runs, 0 wickets
- Sunil Narine – 3 overs, 32 runs, 0 wickets
- Spencer Johnson – 2 overs, 14 runs, 0 wickets
- Harshit Rana – 2 overs, 28 runs, 0 wickets
The decisive moment of the match: Ashwani Kumar’s deadly bowling
The foundation of Mumbai Indians’ victory was laid by Ashwani Kumar’s deadly bowling. He broke the back of KKR’s batting by taking 4 wickets in his spell.
Especially, he ended KKR’s hopes of comeback by dismissing Manish Pandey and Rinku Singh in quick succession in the 10th over.
Due to his brilliant performance, KKR could not score a big score and the match went completely in Mumbai’s favor.
