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Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predictions - Yadav to power Mumbai to first win of the season

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 31 Mar 2025

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Suryakumar Yadav has an IPL strike rate of 145.27 from his 137 innings (3,671 runs).
Quinton de Kock scored 97* off 61 balls against Rajasthan Royals.
Can Mumbai Indians win their first match of the season?

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Suryakumar Yadav pulls against the Titans. (credit: Indranil Mukherjee / Getty Images)

Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predictions

Mumbai are without a win after their opening two matches, but home ground advantage should count in their favour. Mumbai have beaten the Knight Riders in nine of their last 11 matches at the Wankhede.

Mumbai Indians’ Suryakumar Yadav top-scored with 48 off 28 balls against the Titans.
Mumbai Indians’ Tilak Varma has scored 31 & 39 in his last 2 innings.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Quinton de Kock hit six sixes in his 97* against Rajasthan Royals (70 runs in boundaries).
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Ajinkya Rahane hit four sixes in his 56 off 31 balls against the Royal Challengers.

Head-to-Head

The Knight Riders have won four of their last five games against Mumbai Indians, including their last two in a row.

Mumbai Indians Form

Having lost their last two matches of last season, Mumbai started this season with a pair of defeats, the second against the Gujarat Titans.

The Titans scored a competitive 196/8, despite excellent bowling from Hardik Pandya

(2/29, 7.25).

Tilak Varma (39 off 36 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (48 off 28 balls) got the innings back on track after slipping to 35/2 but, with little support down the order, they ended way short of their target on 160/6.

Mumbai Indians Team News

Home ground advantage should count a lot for Mumbai, who have struggled in their opening two matches. The side has shown glimpses of form and I’m banking on them hitting their straps to pick up their first win of the season.

Kolkata Knight Riders Form

The Knight Riders bounced back from defeat to Royal Challengers in their opening match to beat Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets.

A solid all-round bowling performance saw the Royals struggle to reach 151/9 off their 20 overs. Varun Chakravarthy (2/17, econ 4.25) delivered the best bowling performance for the Knight Riders.

Quinton de Kock was at his destructive best as he smashed 97* off 61 balls to power the Knight Riders to an eight-wicket win with 15 balls in hand.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team News

The return of Sunil Narine from injury will be a big boost for the Knight Riders.

Verdict

Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders - T20

I am backing Mumbai Indians to win. I am also backing Suryakumar Yadav to top score for the Mumbai Indians.

Quinton de Kock is a good bet to top score for the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Mumbai Indians Win

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