MI Vs KKR Predicted XIs, IPL 2026: Check Out Likely Playing 11 And Team News For Today’s Match

Mumbai Indians (MI) host Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Hardik Pandya’s MI will look to end their opening-day losing streak at home against a new-look KKR side.

After disappointing outings in the previous season, both teams will look to stamp their authority during the nascent stages this year. After a run-fest in the opener between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), fans can expect another high-octane, high-scoring game today.

Let’s take a look at the team news and the predicted playing XIs for both teams for the MI vs KKR, IPL 2026 match.

MI vs KKR, IPL 2026: Team News

Kolkata Knight Riders have a horrible injury crisis before the start of the season. A large chunk of their pace attack has been sidelined with injuries, with Harshit Rana and Akash Deep ruled out for the season. Matheesha Pathirana will also sit out the opening stages with a knock. The enforced removal of Mustafizur Rahman leaves KKR well short of pacers going into the match, meaning Blessing Muzarabani will have to shoulder most of the burden.

Mumbai Indians, meanwhile, will have both Jasprit Bumrah and AM Ghazanfar fit and firing. The hosts have almost their entire roster available, with only Will Jacks and Mitchell Santner yet to join the squad.

MI vs KKR, IPL 2026: Predicted XIs

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Sherfane Rutherford, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar (Impact Player).

Kolkata Knight Riders: Finn Allen (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Blessing Muzarabani, Umran Malik (Impact Player).