MI Vs KKR, 12th IPL Match 2025 : Ashwani Kumar’s Debut Sparked MI’s First IPL 2025 Victory .

MUMBAI INDIANS Vs KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS , 12TH IPL MATCH 2025 , MUMBAI : Ashwani Kumar’s Debut Sparked MI’s First IPL 2025 Victory .

Mumbai Indians (MI) registered their first win of IPL 2025 as they thumped Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by eight wickets. MI chased down 117 in only 12.5 overs, with Ryan Rickelton blistering a half-century and Suryakumar Yadav hitting a blistering cameo after MI restricted KKR to a mere 116. MI gave an IPL debut to 23-year-old fast bowler Ashwini Kumar, who took four wickets on his IPL debut, brandishing the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane on his very first ball. KKR were slumped to 45/5 after seven overs, and never recovered. Mumbai Indians rocketed to sixth, while KKR now find themselves stuck to the bottom of the IPL 2025 table. Ashwani Kumar’s Debut Sparked MI’s First IPL 2025 Victory .

TOSS-

Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl.

TEAMS LINE UP-

Mumbai Indians Squad:

Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:

Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS –

Trent Boult got things started early, knocking Suni Narine’s stumps to take his 30th first over wicket in the IPL, as he got his line right with a swinging full delivery. MI stayed on top with Deepak Chahar picking up a couple of KKR wickets and Ashwani, on his debut, impressing instantaneously, getting KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane with his very first ball. The collapse left KKR reeling to the lowest Power Play score of the season.

KKR’s nightmare continued to get worse as the dangerous Angkrish Raghuvanshi (26 off 16) was removed by Hardik Pandya, who had placed a fielder in the deep to take the catch off a shorter ball. Desperate to strengthen their batting, KKR brought in Manish Pandey as an impact substitute but it hardly mattered. In this phase, Ashwani stole the show, eliminating key batters with great skills. Before outwitting both Manish Pandey and Andre Russell using short balls, followed by well-directed length deliveries crashing into the stumps, helped him get rid of Rinku Singh caught at deep cover. His dream spell ripped KKR to pieces.

Ramandeep Singh and his two sixes offered a brief resistance, before Mitchell Santner completed the innings with 22 balls left, adding gloss to a deep MI bowling performance.

MUMBAI INDIANS-

KKR’s new-ball pair of Spencer Johnson and Harshit Rana found prodigious swing and beat the bat repeatedly but could not land an early breakthrough. But Ryan Rickelton broke the shackles, slapping Johnson for a six and a four and then going one better against Rana in the next over, hoisting a six and two boundaries. The only dampener for MI was the two-time IPL winning captain Rohit Sharma as he struggled for fluency before falling for a well-directed short ball from Andre Russell.

Rickelton was in no mood to stretch the chase long. He pounced on Narine with a slog-swept six in the seventh over and then belted two more in the 10th to raise his maiden IPL half-century off only 33 deliveries. Russell hit back to account for Will Jacks but Suryakumar Yadav was already in a hurry; he blasted an unbeaten 27 off nine balls to complete the chase with 7.1 overs remaining.

Brief scores:

Kolkata Knight Riders 116 in 16.2 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 26; Ashwani Kumar 4-24, Deepak Chahar 2-19) lost to Mumbai Indians 121/2 in 12.5 overs (Ryan Rickelton 62*, Suryakumar Yadav 27*; Andre Russell 2-35 ) by 8 wickets.