They say that there is no better place than home and that serves as a perfect summation of yesterday's match between MI and KKR. MI managed to rediscover themselves upon returning to the Wankhede and amidst all the familiarities they simply brushed aside the (lack of) challenge posed by KKR who failed to turn up on the night. Skills π€ Confidence π€ Impact A π-π¬πππ« performance on debut for Ashwani Kumar bags him the Player of the Match award πScorecard βΆ https://t.co/iEwchzEpDk#TATAIPL | #MIvKKR | @mipaltan pic.twitter.com/Gosrgs3OuF — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 31, 2025 Ashwani Kumar, MI's latest sensation leads them to their first win Best Bowling Figures on IPL Debut π₯ pic.twitter.com/09fjlg12OA — CricketGully (@thecricketgully) March 31, 2025 The MI scouting factory is at it again, they have unearthed yet another bright prospect by the name of Ashwani Kumar, a left-arm pacer hailing from Punjab, who got his maiden IPL cap yesterday and made the most of it as he registered figures of 4/24 in his 3 overs including the wickets of Rahane, Rinku and Russell to break the back of KKR who were skittled out for a paltry 116 only in just 16.2 overs. Also Read | Who is Ashwani Kumar - MI's latest debutant who got the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane off his very first ball? Trent Boult's love for football continues Give Trent Boult the new ball in conditions that offer a bit of help and he will make sure that the scoreline reads more like it belongs to a football game. He, for the 20th time in his IPL career, picked up a wicket in the first over of the innings and started the downfall for KKR. Deepak Chahar joined in from the other end soon as both the KKR openers, Narine and de Kock, were dismissed without any fuss and the score was 2/2 inside 2 overs before the Ashwani magic began. Read also| Trent Boult and first-over wickets - a never ending love story!!! "Collective batting failure" These were the words of KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane when he spoke to the broadcasters post-match and he could not be more right as KKR's batting simply failed to click. Young Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the top-scorer for them with 26 off 16 balls and apart from him only Ramandeep Singh (22 off 12 balls) could get into the 20s in what was a forgettable night for the men in purple and gold. π£Ajinkya Rahane: "Collective batting failure. It was a good wicket bat on as I mentioned in the toss. 180-190 would have been good on this wicket." pic.twitter.com/0OPxJ8KyPI — KnightRidersXtra (@KKR_Xtra) March 31, 2025 Rickelton takes MI home in an easy run-chase π₯πΆπ°πΈπ²πΉππΌπ» πΏπΌπ°πΈπ²π±, π―πΌππΉπ²πΏπ ππ΅πΌπ°πΈπ²π± π1st 5οΈβ£0οΈβ£ in Blue & Gold for Rocket Ryan ππ#MumbaiIndians #PlayLikeMumbai #TATAIPL #MIvKKR pic.twitter.com/Utyp5twv9q — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 31, 2025 117 was always going to be way under par against MI at Wankhede and they made light work, as they should have, with their South African opener Ryan Rickelton leading the way with an unbeaten 62* off 41 balls, finding form after two quiet outings. Rohit Sharma yielded a low return yet again, making just 13 runs, but Suryakumar Yadav's breezy and typical 27* off 9 balls including two signature Supla shots were signs that the MI of old could be very well back. Shaking up the points table Defending Champions KKR currently sits at the BOTTOM π of the points table with only 1 win from 3 games!π pic.twitter.com/gIvoYSBiVz — CricketGully (@thecricketgully) March 31, 2025 Having lost their first two matches of the season, MI were languishing at the bottom of the points table and needed a booster shot at their home and that is exactly what they got as a huge win by 8 wickets with 7.1 overs to spare saw them shoot up from the very bottom of the table straight up to number 6 and they also managed to take their net run-rate into the positive territory. On the other hand, KKR have sunk to the bottom of the table with a demoralizing loss and have their work cut out.