IPL 2025 first week itself was a blockbuster one where we saw some high-scoring matches, and some close matches too. Now Mumbai Indians are going to take on Champions Kolkata who are in mixed form. Even though Mumbai too in dreadful form where they have lost both of their matches, they are going to play their first home game at Wankade Stadium. The recent form of the Mumbai Indians team is just the opposite as never seen before though they are known as slow starters. 

Kolkata has also started their campaign with a loss and a win they are too in the mixed ride where teams are finding the right combination to play the best playing 11 possible. Kolkata's star batter and captain left the team after winning the third IPL trophy for them stating credential issues and Rahane was roped in as the captain for this season whose captaincy record has been good on ranking. 

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Mumbai On Addressing Their Current Issues
Mumbai's form is been really mediocre at the start of the season itself their star batter and current Indian captain Rohit Sharma hasn't clicked yet which is the main issue for the team. Even bowling is not doing their job well, against Gujarat they were leaking runs which is a major concern as they are missing the leader of their pack Bumrah. He has been out from the BGT series due to a back injury and it has been reported he may join the later stages of the game. 
Kolkata has too many issues on their own their main attacking hitters are not in that same form. Both teams have faced 34 times where Mumbai have won 23 times and Kolkata has won 11 times, it clearly depicts that Mumbai is leading the chart for now, but the current form tells a different story. Though playing in their home ground may give a confidence to boost up. Even Kolkata has a good record in Mumbai so there will be heavy competition between each other. 
It's a must-win game for Mumbai to match up the game, where other teams have lost too but they won at least one of their games and Mumbai lost both so it may decrease their run rate badly at the later stage of the game. 

Mumbai is Playing 11Against Kolkata
Rohit Sharma
Ryan Rickelton
Will Jacks
Tilak Verma
Surya Kumar Yadav
Hardik Pandya
Naman Dhir
Santner
Deepak Chahar
Trent Boult
Wanindu Hasranga
Impact Player: Karn Sharma