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IPL 2026 KKR vs MI Playing 11: Ajinkya Rahane-led Kolkata Knight Riders will square off against Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians in the 65th match of the IPL 2026 on May 20 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Kolkata Knight Riders are in a crucial phase of their campaign, needing to win the remaining two games to keep their qualification chances alive.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have been knocked out of the tournament and will be aiming to finish in the middle of the IPL 2026 points table.

In head to head stats, Mumbai Indians have dominated with 25 wins, while KKR have 11 wins out of 36 games.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bowl. Speaking at the toss, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane said, “We are looking to bowl first. It is as simple as that. We want to focus on that, we have to win two out of two and we want to stay in the moment. In the first half of the tournament there were moments if we had capitalised things would have been different. It is frankly tough to read the wicket, we need to play good cricket throughout 40 overs. We are going with the same team.

Meanwhile, MI Captain Hardik Pandya said, “We would have bowled first as well. Looks like a track which has been under the covers. Just wanted to see how exactly it plays out. (Playing for pride) Absolutely. Every game you play, you want to win.”

“You want to play your best cricket, put the best foot forward. At the same point of time, Mumbai Indians have a long history of winning titles. So just want to make sure that we keep the head high and make sure that we represent Mumbai Indians in the best capacity.”

(Good record here) Yes, but that’s in the past. We still need to turn up, play some good cricket and enjoy. (Changes?) I’m back. Gaza is back and I think, yeah, just two changes,” concluded Hardik Pandya.

IPL 2026 KKR vs MI Playing 11

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Saurabh Dubey.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11: Ryan Rickelton(w), Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Raghu Sharma.