Mumbai Indians (MI) will kick off their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium on March 29. MI had a decent outing last year and qualified for the playoffs, but suffered a defeat to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the Qualifier 2. KKR, on the other hand, were the defending champions, but the exit of Shreyas Iyer, weakened the team and they ended at sixth in the points table.
MI have a few concerns to deal with ahead of the match as Mitchell Santner and Will Jacks are likely to miss out. There are doubts about the availability of Jasprit Bumrah as well. Notably, MI have not won the first game of IPL since 2013 and the three players miss out, then things could get tricky. KKR, meanwhile, have bolstered the attack after including Cameron Green, Finn Allen, and Matheesha Pathirana, and look much better.
MI Vs KKR Wankhede Pitch Report
The surface at the Wankhede Stadium is tailor-made for batters, and once again, a flat track should be on offer. The bowlers will have to eye wickets with the new ball to stop the batting team scoring big.
Wankhede Stadium T20 Stats
| Matches Played | 125 |
| Won Batting First | 56 |
| Won Batting Second | 68 |
| No Result | 00 |
| Tied | 1 |
| Average First Innings Score | 173 |
| Highest Total | 235 |
| Highest Chase | 213 |
MI Vs KKR Head-to-Head
MI have been clearly the dominant side in the rivalry in IPL history. They have won 24 off the 35 matches played against KKR.
| played | 35 |
| Mi Won | 24 |
| KKR Won | 11 |
Most Runs In MI Vs KKR Matches
| player | runs | average | Strike-rate | HS |
| Rohit Sharma | 967 | 40.29 | 127.74 | 109* |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 617 | 41.13 | 153.1 | 59 |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 365 | 60.83 | 160.08 | 104 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 349 | 23.26 | 115.94 | 64 |
| Manish Pandey | 346 | 38.44 | 135.15 | 81* |
Most Wickets In MI Vs KKR Matches
| player | Wickets | average | economic rate | B.B.I. |
| Sunil Narine | 26 | 24.57 | 6.93 | 15-Apr |
| jasprit bumrah | 25 | 20.68 | 7.73 | 10-May |
| Lasith Malinga | 20 | 22.85 | 7.01 | 23-Apr |
| Andrew Russell | 19 | 24 | 9.6 | 15-May |
| Hardik Pandya | 14 | 17.5 | 7.65 | 16-Feb |
