IPL 2026, MI vs KKR Match Date, Time, Live Cricket Streaming, Playing 11 Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders may have gone into the 2025 season as defending champions but were only a shadow of the team that clinched the title for the third time. Part of it was blamed on their puzzling decision to let go of Shreyas Iyer, who had led them to victory in 2024 and then went on to have his best season with the bat as Punjab Kings’ captain in 2025. They go into this season with some more uncertainty, particularly with the retirement of Andre Russell which puts more pressure on the likes of Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh as finishers.
, on the other hand, put a horror-show of a 2024 season behind them, with their journey ending in Qualifier 2. Fans seemed to have fully embraced as the team’s captain and they now have a side that consists of two T20 World Cup-winning India captains in Rohit Sharma and , something that no other team has ever been able to boast of. has also joined the side and it is pretty much confirmed now that he will be there for the opening game of the season.
predicted XI: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (capt), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashwani Kumar,
predicted XI: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik, Varun Chakravarthy
MI vs KKR Head-To-Head
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai – Pitch Report
MI’s iconic home ground was good to them last season in the league stage, with the five-time champions losing just twice here. The Wankhede is known to be a batting friendly but not entirely lopsided towards that side, like how the Chinnaswamy Stadium in tended to be before last season. Teams will be looking for early wickets with pace. On the other hand, KKR would be hard at work trying to figure out how to make the most of the powerplay with the bat despite the fact that they would have to see off Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult in that period.
Mumbai Indians Squad:AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks, Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande, Quinton de Kock, Danish Malewar, Mohammad Izhar, Atharva Ankolekar, Mayank Rawat.
Squad:Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, , Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik, Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Matheesha Pathirana, Tejasvi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Akash Deep, Blessing Muzarabani.
Where to watch MI vs KKR 2026 match live?
The live streaming of the MI vs KKR IPL 2026 will be available on JioHotstar in India, whereas the Live telecast will be available on Star Sports Network TV channels in India.
