KKR Playing 11 vs Mumbai Indians- IPL 2025, Match 12

Mumbai Indians (MI) will take on the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in match number 12 of IPL 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. MI will look to register their first win of the season in the MI vs KKR game.

Kolkata Knight Riders will fancy their chances of registering back-to-back wins in IPL 2025 in the game against the Mumbai Indians and would like to continue the winning momentum in the match.

The defending champions delivered a complete performance to earn their first win against the Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025.

While the Mumbai Indians, which comprises a well-rounded squad, will look to open their account. MI performed really well in the auction by retaining its core and has a good blend of youth and experience at its disposal.

The presence of experienced players like Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma, and Rohit Sharma, along with young players like Vignesh Puthur, makes MI a force to reckon with this season.

The Hardik Pandya-led side will hope to rectify the mistakes the team made in the opening match against CSK.

This article contains the details of the playing 11 of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the match against the Mumbai Indians scheduled to be played on Monday (March 31) at 7:30 PM IST.

KKR Playing 11 vs Mumbai Indians- IPL 2025, Match 12:

Openers: Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine

South African wicketkeeper batter Quinton de Kock will open the batting for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the MI vs KKR game at the Wankhede Stadium. The left-hander played a timely innings of 97 runs against RR to help the team register their first win of the season.

Sunil Narine, on the other hand, is expected to return to the team for the Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Mumbai Indians game and will look to play his natural game while opening the innings with Quinton de Kock.

Middle-order: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane, who started the season by scoring an attacking half-century against RCB, will look to get back among runs after failing to score big against RR. The right-handed batter will hope to get support from the middle-order batters.

KKR have an experienced middle order at their helm with the presence of Venkatesh Iyer and hard-hitting batters like Rinku Singh and Andre Russell, who would look to guide the team to a big score in the company of Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Ramandeep Singh.

Although Kolkata Knight Riders possess a deep batting lineup, the batting order hasn't been tested a lot in the first couple of matches, which can be a cause of concern for Kolkata Knight Riders.

Bowlers: Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

KKR have good fast bowling options in the form of Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora, while the spin department is taken care of by Varun Chakravarthy along with Sunil Narine.

Kolkata Knight Riders will be hoping for their fast bowlers to deliver a strong performance against MI on a wicket which is expected to assist the fast bowlers