Welcome to the coverage of 24th match of the Indian Premier League between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai, on Thursday.

This will the last home match for the defending champions Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium. The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected pleas of the Mumbai Cricket Association and the Maharashtra Cricket Association against the Bombay high court's order to shift the Indian Premier League matches out of drought-hit Maharashtra after May 1.

The dismissal of the petition will lead to shifting of nine matches which were to be played at the homegrounds of IPL franchises -- Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants, including the final in Mumbai on May 29 and the Eliminator and Qualifier 2 match in Pune on May 25 and May 27 respectively. The Bombay high court had last week allowed the May 1 match between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants in Pune to be staged, as the BCCI had said it would not be able to make arrangements to shift the match to another venue in a single day.

The Bombay high court had on April 13 ordered shifting  of all IPL matches scheduled in Maharashtra after April 30 to another state in view of the severe drought in the state. Kings XI Punjab, who were scheduled to play three of their home games in Nagpur in May had accepted the high court decision to shift their matches out of the state.