India, March 29 -- All eyes will be on Sunil Narine's battle with Rohit Sharma as Kolkata Knight Riders take on Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2026 opener on Sunday. Although the MI opener has been dominant against KKR, but he has always found it difficult against the off-spinner.

Narine has dismissed Rohit eight times, more than any other bowler in IPL history. Rohit has faced Narine in 21 innings in IPL history, and has managed only 143 runs with a strike rate of 106.71 and 17.87 average.

Against MI, Narine has a tight economy rate of 6.73 and has also taken 31 wickets in 26 games.

For their upcoming game, KKR will be travelling to Mumbai and the match will take place at the Wankhede Stadium.

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