MUMBAI: In a season where home advantage has become a talking point, the beleaguered Mumbai Indians, whose woes seem to be continuing from the last season, would be desperately hoping to log their first win of IPL 2025 when they play their first home game this season at the Wankhede Stadium, against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday night.
Having just lost to Gujarat Titans on Saturday night to go down 0-2 at the start of their campaign, MI, perennial slow starters, must quickly regroup and reboot before it's too late. To make it worse, their captain Hardik Pandya was fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining slow over-rate against GT. Having already been suspended from the first match due to the same offence in the last game of IPL 2024, Pandya must ensure that he remains careful on this front.
