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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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.