Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has been fined 10% of his match fee for violating Level 1 of the code of conduct for IPL players and team officials. Besides, he has also been given one demerit point. In fact, in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday, Hardik had dropped the bails in anger after missing a catch and hitting a four.

BCCI said in its statement that Hardik Pandya was found violating Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct. This relates to the misuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during a match. Hardik, while going back towards the run-up, hit the wicket bails hard.

Why was Hardik Pandya angry?

In the 10th over of Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings, Hardik became very angry with his team’s fielding. Rovman Powell fired in the air on the second ball of this over, it would have been an easy catch at deep backward square leg, but due to the confusion of Deepak Chahar and Robin Minz, this catch was missed. Although this catch was of Chahar, but he did not try because he thought that Minz would catch this catch. Manish Pandey hit a four on his next ball, on the fourth ball of the same over, Pandey hit another four and after this captain Hardik got angry.

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Hardik Pandya admitted his mistake and accepted the punishment given by the match referee. Let us tell you that Hardik did not play in the last few matches due to injury. Mumbai Indians are already out of the playoff race of IPL 2026.

Mumbai Indians lost by 4 wickets

The top order of Mumbai Indians once again disappointed, Ryan Rickelton was out after scoring 6 runs and Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 15 runs. Naman Dheer could not even open the account and Suryakumar Yadav once again flopped, scoring 15 runs. Tilak Verma scored 20 and Hardik Pandya scored 26 runs, in the end Corbin Bosch scored 32 runs in 18 balls to take Mumbai to the score of 147.

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While chasing the target, Manish Pandey played an important inning of 45 runs in 33 balls, for which he received the Player of the Match award. He came out to bat for the first time this year. Rovman Powell scored 40 runs in 30 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours. Kolkata won by 4 wickets with 7 balls remaining.

In the 65th match of IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets. After the victory in this match on Wednesday, KKR came to sixth place in the points table and the battle for the playoffs has become even more exciting. Now 5 matches of the league stage are left, the hopes of qualifying for 5 teams including Punjab Kings, Chennai Super Kings are alive and there is only 1 place.

In this match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mumbai Indians had a bad start due to the lethal bowling of Saurabh Dubey and Cameron Green. In the form of Suryakumar Yadav, the team had suffered its fourth blow in the powerplay itself. MI had scored 147 runs in this rain-affected match. While chasing the target, Manish Pandey played an important inning of 45 runs, for which he received the POTM Award. Rovman Powell scored 40 runs in 30 balls. KKR won the match by 4 wickets with 7 balls remaining.

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR’s last match is with Delhi Capitals, winning which the team will reach 15 points. With this, for Kolkata to reach the playoffs, Punjab and Rajasthan Royals should lose their last matches, this will qualify Kolkata. Then it will not matter to them whether CSK wins or loses.

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Rajasthan Royals

RR’s last match is with Mumbai Indians, winning which the team will reach the playoffs. In this situation, Rajasthan will not make any difference to any team’s win or loss, because they will have 16 points. But if Rajasthan loses then they would need CSK, PBKS and KKR to lose their last match.

punjab kings

PBKS’s last match is with LSG, winning which the team will reach 15 points. Along with victory, they need Rajasthan and Kolkata to lose their last matches. If Kolkata also wins its last match, then the net run rate will decide who will go to the playoffs.

Chennai Super Kings

For CSK, reaching the playoffs will be nothing less than a miracle. Chennai needs to win its last match, with Rajasthan, Punjab and Kolkata losing their matches. In this situation, RR, CSK and DC will have 14 points each and then the net run rate will decide who will go to the playoffs.

Delhi Capitals

DC can also reach 14 points by winning the last match, but this is not enough for them too. Along with a big win, they need Chennai, Punjab and Rajasthan also to lose their last match. In this situation, RR and DC will have 14 points each and then the team with better net run rate will qualify for the playoffs.

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Teams reaching playoff

Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad are the three teams that have confirmed their place in the playoffs, the battle for the fourth spot is going on. However, there is a fight between the teams that have reached the playoffs to remain in the top-2, because those two teams get 2 chances to go to the finals.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and tried to bowl first. Mumbai Indians team will bat first, for which captain Hardik Pandya has returned after missing 3 matches. Apart from Hardik’s return, Mumbai team has made another major change in the playing eleven.

The Mumbai Indians team has come into the field to save its reputation, which is already out of the race for the playoffs. Whereas Kolkata Knight Riders will not accept anything less than victory in this match. Because it is very important for Kolkata to win its last two matches.

KKR’s playing eleven: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Karthik Tyagi, Varun Chakraborty, Saurabh Dubey.

MI’s playing eleven: Ryan Rickelton, Rohit Sharma (wk), Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (c), Will Jacques, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Raghu Sharma.

Hardik Pandya’s return

Hardik Pandya was sitting out of three matches due to injury. Finally he has made a comeback and Pandya said that he is playing to save his reputation. Apart from Hardik, Allah Ghazanfar has returned to the team. Although he has been kept in the list of impact players.

This match is being played at Eden Gardens. Mumbai Indians’ record against Kolkata on this ground has been excellent. In the 11 matches played between the two on this ground, Mumbai has won seven times, while KKR has been able to win only on four occasions.

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The 65th match of IPL 2026 between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders is being played at Eden Gardens. By the time rain came in the match, only 8 overs could be played and by this time Mumbai had lost 4 wickets. Since the last matches of the league stage are very important from the playoff point of view, know here that if the match between MI and KKR is canceled due to rain, then how will the playoff be decided?

First of all, let us tell you that there is no rule of reserve day for the league stage matches of IPL. Therefore, match officials try to get the result of the match on the same day. But what will happen if the match does not result?

Let us tell you that Mumbai Indians are already out of the playoff race, so even if this match is cancelled, it will not make much difference. But this rain can cause a lot of damage to Kolkata Knight Riders.

How will the playoff be decided?

Mumbai is already out. Whereas Kolkata Knight Riders is at eighth position with 11 points in 12 matches. If its match with Mumbai gets washed out due to rain then both the teams will get one point each. In such a situation, Kolkata will have 12 points in 13 matches. In such a situation, even if KKR wins the last match in the league stage, it will be able to reach maximum 14 points only. Kolkata would not want its match with Mumbai Indians to be canceled due to rain, because by defeating MI and then winning the final match, it can go up to 15 points.

If we look at the current playoff equation of Kolkata, they have to win their last 2 matches at any cost. Along with improving his net run rate, he will have to hope that Punjab loses its match against Lucknow Super Giants. Whereas Rajasthan also loses its last match. Also, he will have to hope that Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals also do not win their last matches.

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Batting first, Mumbai Indians scored 147 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers wreaked havoc and destroyed MI’s batting. Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya, all the stalwarts of Mumbai flopped. Corbin Bosch played a cameo inning of 32 runs in 18 balls and somehow took the score to 147.

Only 8 overs were played in Mumbai Indians’ innings when it rained. Till that time Mumbai had scored only 57 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. After that, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma took over Mumbai’s innings by making a partnership of 43 runs. Tilak played an inning of 20 runs and Hardik played an inning of 26 runs.

Big flops of MI

Hardik Pandya made a comeback in this match, who was sitting out of the last 3 matches. He was able to score 26 runs in 27 balls, whereas Rohit Sharma could score only 15 runs. Suryakumar Yadav got the start, hit 2 fours and a six, but he also walked away after scoring 15 runs in 6 balls. Whereas Corbin Bosch worked to save the honor of MI, who scored 32 runs in 18 balls.

It is very important for Kolkata Knight Riders to win this match. Since KKR needs to improve its net run rate. If Kolkata chases the target of 148 runs in 13.3 overs, then its net run rate will be better than Punjab Kings and it will come fourth in the table with 13 points.

Saurabh Dubey, Cameron Green and Karthik Tyagi took two wickets each for Kolkata. Sunil Narine took only one wicket, but gave only 13 runs in 4 overs. Mumbai batsmen were seen struggling to score runs against him.

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Sunil Narine has created history in the match against Mumbai Indians. He took only one wicket in the match, but this time he has made a record not of taking wickets but of good economy. Actually, in the match against MI, he gave only 13 runs in the spell of 4 overs. This is the 80th time in the history of IPL, when Narine has given runs at an economy rate of 6 or less in his bowling spell.

Bowlers in the Indian Premier League who have spelled 4 overs in a match at least 50 times in their career. Among them, Sunil Narine is at second place in the list of bowlers who gave the highest runs at an economy rate of 6 or less (in percentage terms). Narine has given runs at an economy rate of less than 6 in 45.2 percent of the spells of his career. At the first place is Muttiah Muralitharan, who did this in 48.3 spells of his career.

Spells with an economy rate of 6 or less (highest percentage)

48.3 percent – Muttiah Muralitharan

45.2 percent – Sunil Narine

45 percent – Dale Steyn

43.3 percent – Amit Mishra

40.3 percent – Rashid Khan

Historical figures of Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine has bowled 178 such spells in his IPL career, when he has bowled full 4 overs. Out of these, on 80 occasions he has given less than 24 runs i.e. an economy rate of less than 6. He is at the forefront in terms of throwing the most spells with economy rate less than 6. Next in this list is Rashid Khan, who has bowled such 4 over spells 56 times in his career, when he gave less than 24 runs. Amit Mishra had bowled 43 such spells and Dale Steyn had bowled 36 such spells in his career. Let us tell you that Dale Steyn is the only fast bowler in this list.

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Kolkata Knight Riders have defeated Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets. This is KKR’s sixth win in the last 7 matches and has kept their playoff hopes alive. Kolkata registered victory on the basis of fighting innings of Manish Pandey and Rovman Powell. Sunil Narine’s historic bowling spell also played a big role in the victory.

In this match played at Eden Gardens, Mumbai Indians team was able to score 147 runs while batting first. Mumbai’s innings was also stopped midway in this rain-affected match. After the flop of Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickleton and Suryakumar Yadav, Mumbai somehow reached 147 runs, thanks to the short innings of Corbin Bosch (32 runs), Hardik Pandya (26 runs) and Tilak Verma (20 runs).

Kolkata, which came to chase the target of 148 runs, did not have a good start, because Finn Allen, who had scored 93 runs in the last match, could score only 8 runs this time. Ajinkya Rahane also got out after scoring 21 runs and Cameron Green, worth Rs 25 crore, took 2 wickets in bowling but could not show his strength with the bat. Within no time, 3 wickets of KKR had fallen till 54 runs.

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From here Manish Pandey and Rovman Powell took over the innings and made a very important partnership of 64 runs. Pandey scored 45 runs and Powell scored 40 runs. Kolkata successfully chased the target in the 19th over. Let us tell you that Sunil Narine gave only 13 runs in 4 overs in this match. This is the 80th time in IPL that Narine has given runs at an economy rate of 6 or less in a spell of 4 overs.

At the same time, Kolkata’s playoff hopes are alive, because it has come to sixth place in the points table with 13 points and the biggest thing is that Kolkata’s net run rate has also become positive, which is increasing the difficulties for Punjab Kings.

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Today in IPL 2026, the teams of Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians will face each other. This match will be played at Eden Gardens, the home ground of Kolkata. For KKR, this match is no less than do or die, because if they lose today, their playoff hopes will be over. There is nothing left for Mumbai in this season. The team is already out of the race for the playoffs.

Kolkata Knight Riders is at number 8 in the points table. So far this season, 12 matches have been played, in which five matches have been won, and six matches have been lost. One match was washed out in the rain. In this case there are total 11 points. Mumbai, which is already out of the playoff race, is at 9th place. They also still have two matches left. Even though Mumbai is out of the playoff race, it would definitely like to register some wins in the end.

Who is ahead in head to head?

MI is far ahead in the head to head between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. The matter is of 11-25. Mumbai has defeated KKR 25 times so far. Whereas KKR has been successful in defeating Mumbai only 11 times.

pitch report

The pitch of Eden Gardens is suitable for the batsmen, but the spinners also dominate here. It is very hot. In such a situation the pitch will remain very dry. The pitch will likely be the same one used for the KKR-RR match earlier this season, when Varun Chakravarthy’s player of the match performance (14 for 3) helped the hosts snap their losing streak on a dry pitch.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that this match will be a close contest. Both teams will give everything to win. However, the team chasing the target has more chances of victory.

KKR’s probable playing eleven- Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakraborty, Saurabh Dubey, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani/Vaibhav Arora.

Probable playing eleven of Mumbai Indians- Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickleton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Naman Dheer, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (c), Will Jacques, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar.

Mumbai Indians Take On Rohit Sharma: There is a lot of time left for IPL 2026, but even before that, discussions have intensified regarding Rohit Sharma changing the team. This thing started when the social media handle of Kolkata Knight Riders congratulated Rohit Sharma on becoming the number one ODI batsman in the ICC rankings. After this, KKR has appointed Abhishek Nair as the new head coach of the Kolkata team. Rohit Sharma is a close and special friend of Abhishek Nair. All these things intensified the news that with Abhishek Nair becoming the head coach, Rohit Sharma can join Kolkata. But now a post has been shared by Mumbai Indians, which is considered to be the answer to all such rumours.

Mumbai Indians confirmed

A post regarding Rohit Sharma has been shared from the Instagram account of Mumbai Indians. It is written in the caption of this post that the Sun will definitely rise, this is confirmed, but but at (K)night it is not only difficult, it is impossible ( ye toh confirm hai, but at (K)night… not only difficult, it is impossible!). This post of Mumbai Indians is being linked to the rumors of Rohit Sharma going to Kolkata. From this post it can be understood that Rohit Sharma is not leaving Mumbai and joining any team.

How did the matter start?

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had congratulated Rohit Sharma on becoming the number one batsman in ODI. In the caption of this post, a fan asked whether I should consider him confirmed? Then the reply from KKR’s social media handle was that ‘Yes, it is confirmed that he has become the number 1 ODI batsman’. With this post, discussions started about Rohit joining the Kolkata team.

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Knight Riders targets 155 runs

Mumbai Indians New York won the toss and decided to bowl first. The team of Los Angeles Knight Riders came out to bat first. Knight Riders scored 154 runs in this T20 match, losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. The team started very bad. Apart from Sherfen Rutherford, no player of this team could make more than 15 runs. Rutherfort scored a rage of 86 runs in 44 balls.

Mi New York’s deadly bowling

Knight Riders succumbed to Mumbai Indians New York’s deadly bowling. Trent Bolt took four wickets in this match. For this, Bolt also got the Player of the Match. Bolt took 2 wickets and Ehsan Adil, Nostush Kenzige took 1-1 wickets.

Monank-Puan’s explosive innings

After the Mumbai Indians New York bowlers, it was now the turn of the batsmen. Monank Patel, who came to open for the team, scored an innings of 56 runs in 44 balls. In this innings, Monank hit 6 fours and a six. At the same time, team captain Nicholas Puran played an unbeaten half -century in 47 balls, in which Puran hit 6 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, Kieron Pollard finished the match early. Pollard scored an unbeaten 14 in 6 balls.

The first one was so nice, polly had to do it twice!#Onefamily #Minewyork #MLC #Lakrvminy pic.twitter.com/JAAJAJCRJFR7

– Mi New York (@Minycrick) July 4, 2025

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