[Watch] Tilak Varma's Diving Juggling Catch Of Rahane; Ashwani Kumar Makes Dream IPL Debut

Ajinkya Rahane's wicket vs MI (Source:@StarSportsIndia/X.com)

Mumbai Indians' first home match of IPL 2025 has started on a positive note for Hardik Pandya's boys. Sunil Narine and Quinton de Kock were removed in the span of the initial seven balls, and then Ashwani Kumar displayed his magic by removing Ajinkya Rahane on his very first ball.

Ashwani Kumar Destroys KKR On His IPL Debut

It was a full delivery, outside off and Ajinkya Rahane slashed it off the outside half of his blade towards deep backward point. However, Tilak Varma was perfectly placed there and it seemed like an easy catch for the MI star. However, he failed to grab it on the first attempt as the ball popped out of his hand. 

It seemed that Tilak Varma would drop it, but he stayed aware, and took the catch on the second attempt with one hand. It was quite a catch and a dream debut for Ashwani Kumar who got off to a perfect start.

Ashwani Kumar then got the big wickets of Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey and Andre Russell too, as KKR kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Along with Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar also got two wickets while Hardik Pandya removed Angkrish Raghuvanshi who was batting well.

Overall, MI are in a strong position and would be keen to clean up MI tail and notch up a big win to get their first points on the board.

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