Eden Gardens was under covers around 5 PM, but the weather has since cleared and the covers have been removed. The toss is now likely to take place as scheduled.

No team has dominated another more in IPL history than Mumbai Indians have dominated KKR. This will be the 37th meeting between the two sides and MI have won 25 of the previous 11 matches against KKR.

Rohit Sharma is 66 runs away from 3500 runs as opener in IPL. He will become the 7th Indian and 10th overall to achieve the feat. Shikhar Dhawan holds the record for scoring most runs as an opener in IPL (6,362).

Finn Allen and Ryan Rickelton have provided explosive starts for their respective teams in recent matches, and this matchup could well decide the outcome of the tie. After managing just 56 runs in his first five innings, Allen has bounced back with 260 runs at a strike rate of 152.05 in his next seven outings. Rickelton, meanwhile, has scored over 400 runs this season at a strike rate exceeding 180.

Mumbai Indians Squad: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Raghu Sharma, Trent Boult, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Krish Bhagat, Suryakumar Yadav, AM Ghazanfar, Hardik Pandya, Keshav Maharaj, Ashwani Kumar, Mayank Markande, Danish Malewar, Mohammed Salahuddin Izhar.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Cameron Green, Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Saurabh Dubey, Kartik Tyagi, Matheesha Pathirana, Vaibhav Arora, Ramandeep Singh, Tejasvi Dahiya, Rovman Powell, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert, Umran Malik, Rahul Tripathi, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, Daksh Kamra, Blessing Muzarabani.

Hello and welcome to our live blog for this crucial IPL 2026 clash between KKR and Mumbai Indians from Eden Gardens. KKR are still in the playoff race, but they will need other results to go their way. MI, meanwhile, will be keen to play spoilsport.