The Fever of IPL has started and the match between Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders was really interesting. As the franchise started the campaign with a victory. Rohit Sharma presented an incredible performance in the middle and smashed a long-standing record of Virat Kohli. Mumbai Indians won the game by 6 wickets and let’s get into the article to look back to the game.
Highlighting moments of the game between Mumbai Indians versus Kolkata Knight Riders
Mumbai Indians started with a victory in their campaign of IPL 2026 and the team has broken a record of losing the initial games. Mumbai Indians had a record of losing the opening game and the record has been broken after 14 years.
Kolkata Knight Riders started the proceedings by batting first in the match and the posted a massive 220 runs on the body after losing four wickets. The debutant Angkrish Raghuvanshi smashed 51 from 29 to help Kolkata Knight Riders to post massive total.
In the reply, Mumbai Indians was on the top gear from the first over. Ryan Rickelton smashed 81 off 43, while Rohit Sharma was in really good touch and he contributed 78 from just 38.
Mumbai Indians chased down a target of 221 against KKR in 19.1 overs. It is worth mentioning that Rohit Sharma also broke Virat Kohli’s record of most runs against an IPL opponent.
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