IPL 2026: MI vs KKR Highlights, Match 2 - Stats, Player of the Match & More

Match Overview

Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) locked horns in the second match of IPL 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday, March 29. MI captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first.

The new KKR opening pair of Finn Allen and Ajinkya Rahane got their team off to a flying start. After a couple of sedate overs, the pair unleashed taking out 17 and 26 runs from the third and fourth over bowled by IPL debutant AM Ghazanfar and Hardik, respectively. MI needed a breakthrough badly and local boy Shardul Thakur provided that in the sixth over in the form of the dangerous Allen who was dismissed for 37(17).

KKR ended the powerplay at 78/1 which is the fourth-highest powerplay total against MI in the league by any team. Rahane, who was now joined by the most expensive overseas player Cameron Green (18 off 10), continued in the same vein. The Australian, however, could not contribute with much as Thakur struck again. Despite the couple of wickets, KKR were cruising and reached the halfway mark with 120 runs on the board. Notably, Rahane carried on with his dazzling strokeplay and reached his 34th IPL fifty off 27 balls.

Angrish Raghuvanshi and Rahane built another substantial partnership, but it came at a much slower rate than the previous one and the KKR's projected score suffered a dent as a result. Eventually, the KKR skipper's crucial innings of 67 off 40 balls came to an end in the 14th over as it was Thakur again who brought about the breakthrough. Subsequently, Raghuvanshi (51 off 29), with notable contribution from Rinku Singh (33* off 21), helped the Knight Riders cross the 200-run mark and completed his third fifty. KKR ended up with a competitive 220/4 as Thakur finished with figures of 3/39.

Like KKR, MI also began their innings with a steady couple of overs before taking apart Vaibhav Arora and Blessing Muzarabani in the third and fourth over, respectively. Rohit Sharma was the aggressor-in-chief as the former Mumbai captain blitzed to his 47th IPL fifty off just 23 balls. The duo of Rohit and Ryan Rickelton helped the team to a healthy 80 for no loss at the end of the powerplay as the problems for KKR did not look like reducing.

The Mumbai openers kept the foot on the pedal as it was Rickelton's turn now to raise the bat, reaching his half century in 24 balls. At the halfway mark, the target was well within sight as MI needed a very much gettable 98 runs. But, KKR finally struck in the 12th over courtesy an excellent catch from Anukul Roy to dismiss Rohit for 78(38). Rickelton carried on with Suryakumar, however the latter was out soon for 16(8).

KKR, who were almost out of the game, produced another breakthrough dismissing the man of the moment Rickelton for 81(43). Despite the scoring rate going down gradually, MI eventually cruised to victory by six wickets and five balls remaining. Notably, MI completed their highest successful chase in IPL history and broke their jinx of losing the first match of the season after 14 years.

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