IPL 2026, Match 2: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XIs

Mumbai Indians will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2nd match of IPL 2026 on March 29th at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, starting at 7:30 PM. Hardik Pandya will lead MI, while Ajinkya Rahane will captain KKR in this match.

There are fantastic players across the two squads and you can expect great performances from players such as Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Cameron Green and Tim Seifert. It will be interesting to see what their final predicted playing XI looks like prior to events both sides play at this significant event.

Match Details

Field	Details
Match	Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date	29 March 2026
Day	Sunday
Time	7:30 PM
Venue	Wankhede Stadium
Match No.	2nd Match

MI vs KKR – Full Squad

Mumbai Indians (MI)	Role	Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)	Role
Rohit Sharma	Batter	Sunil Narine ✈️	All-Rounder
Tilak Varma	All-Rounder	Ajinkya Rahane (C)	Batter
Suryakumar Yadav	Batter	Angkrish Raghuvanshi	Batter
Hardik Pandya (C)	All-Rounder	Rinku Singh	Batter
Naman Dhir	All-Rounder	Manish Pandey	Batter
Raj Angad Bawa	All-Rounder	Ramandeep Singh	All-Rounder
Mitchell Santner ✈️	All-Rounder	Vaibhav Arora	Bowler
Trent Boult ✈️	Bowler	Varun Chakaravarthy	Bowler
Jasprit Bumrah	Bowler	Anukul Roy	All-Rounder
Ashwani Kumar	Bowler	Blessing Muzarabani ✈️	Bowler
Sherfane Rutherford ✈️	Batter	Cameron Green ✈️	All-Rounder
Robin Minz	Batter	Daksh Kamra	All-Rounder
Ryan Rickelton ✈️	Batter	Finn Allen ✈️	Batter
Will Jacks ✈️	All-Rounder	Kartik Tyagi	Bowler
Corbin Bosch ✈️	All-Rounder	Matheesha Pathirana ✈️	Bowler
Shardul Thakur	All-Rounder	Prashant Solanki	Bowler
Deepak Chahar	Bowler	Rachin Ravindra ✈️	All-Rounder
Raghu Sharma	Bowler	Rahul Tripathi	Batter
Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar ✈️	Bowler	Rovman Powell ✈️	Batter
Mayank Markande	Bowler	Sarthak Ranjan	Batter
Quinton de Kock ✈️	Batter	Saurabh Dubey	Bowler
Danish Malewar	Batter	Tejasvi Dahiya	Batter
Mohammed Izhar	Bowler	Tim Seifert (WK) ✈️	Batter
Atharva Ankolekar	All-Rounder	Umran Malik	Bowler
Mayank Rawat	All-Rounder

MI vs KKR – Predicted Playing 11

Mumbai Indians (MI)	Role	Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)	Role
Rohit Sharma	Batter	Sunil Narine ✈️	All-Rounder
Quinton de Kock ✈️ (WK)	WK-Batter	Angkrish Raghuvanshi	Batter
Suryakumar Yadav	Batter	Ajinkya Rahane (C)	Batter
Tilak Varma	Batter	Rinku Singh	Batter
Hardik Pandya (C)	All-Rounder	Finn Allen ✈️	Batter
Tim David ✈️	Batter	Cameron Green ✈️	All-Rounder
Mitchell Santner ✈️	All-Rounder	Tim Seifert (WK) ✈️	Batter
Naman Dhir	All-Rounder	Varun Chakaravarthy	Bowler
Deepak Chahar	Bowler	Saurabh Dubey	Bowler
Jasprit Bumrah	Bowler	Umran Malik	Bowler
Trent Boult ✈️	Bowler	Vaibhav Arora	Bowler

Impact Players 

• If Batting First

  • MI: Deepak Chahar

  • KKR: Varun Chakaravarthy

• If Bowling First

  • MI: Rohit Sharma 

  • KKR: Finn Allen