A solid knock from Ajinkya Rahane and Raghuvanshi has guided Kolkata Knight Riders to set up a 221 target for Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2026 game played at Wankhede Stadium.

Both went on to capitalise on the innings on different occasions and slammed fifties to set a formidable total against the mighty Mumbai Indians.

After being invited to bat first, Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen opened the innings while Trent Boult opened the bowling attack.

Despite a solid start from the openers, Shardul Thakur brought the first breakthrough by dismissing Finn Allen for 37 runs.

With Cameron Green coming to bat at no. 3, he added 18 runs before being dismissed by Thakur.

In the meantime, Rahane smashed his fifty and went on to score 67 runs off 40 deliveries. Shardul Thakur bagged his third wicket, dismissing Rahane in the 14th over.

With an unbeaten 33 runs from Rinku Singh, Kolkata Knight Riders went on to score 220 runs in their 20-over innings.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who came to bat, went on aggressive mode as he smashed 51 runs off 29 deliveries before Hardik Pandya.

Shardul Thakur bagged three wickets while Hardik Pandya completed his spell with a wicket.

Mumbai will need 221 runs in their 20-over innings to secure a win in the Sunday clash.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dhir, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Markande, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

Imp Sub: Suryakumar Yadav, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Ashwani Kumar

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani.

Imp Sub: Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, Tejasvi Dahiya