MI vs KKR: The Kolkata Knight Riders are one of the most successful franchises in the tournament with two title wins, while on the other end, the Paltan from Mumbai has the maximum number of titles up their sleeves and has established large-scale dominance over many years as they got their hands on the IPL title in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020 and have made several other playoff appearances as well.
MI vs KKR: Head to Head
The Mumbai Indians and Knight Riders have been part of the prestigious T20 platform for 15 seasons and are both in their 16th year of the league. However, among both franchises, MI has been immensely successful in combat.
Both teams have encountered each other 31 times in the IPL, with KKR having managed just 9 wins and MI having been the dominant side, emerging victorious 22 times in those MI vs KKR clashes.
| 2008 | Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets |
| 2009 | Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs Mumbai Indians won by 92 runs |
| 2010 | Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets Kolkata Knight Riders won by 9 wickets |
| 2011 | Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets |
| 2012 | Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs Kolkata Knight Riders won by 32 runs |
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets Mumbai Indians won by 65 runs |
| 2014 | Kolkata Knight Riders won by 41 runs Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets |
| 2015 | Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets Mumbai Indians won by 5 runs |
| 2016 | Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets |
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets |
| 2018 | Mumbai Indians won by 13 runs Mumbai Indians won by 102 runs |
| 2019 | Kolkata Knight Riders won by 34 runs Mumbai Indians won by 9 wickets |
| 2020 | Mumbai Indians won by 49 runs Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets |
| 2021 | Mumbai Indians won by 10 runs Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets |
| 2022 | Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets Kolkata Knight Riders won by 52 runs |
MI vs KKR: Top 5 memorable matches
After two heart-pounding victories by the Knight Riders and MI’s first win of the tournament, these two teams face each other on Sunday. Before that, we take into account the top 5 matches ever played between the two franchises.
- MI encountered the Knight Riders in IPL 2022 on the 6th of April. Batting first the Mumbai Indians put on a battling total of 161 in their 20 overs, with efforts from SKY and Tilka Verma which was chased by the Knight Riders as they won the game by 5 wickets after Venky Iyer gave a good start and Cummins played an inning of his life as he made a mockery of the MI bowlers in his 15 balls 56 runs cameo.
- The 2nd most captivating combat between the 2 teams was on the 13th of April 2021, when KKR restricted MI to a low 150+ score in return, the Mumbai bowlers put on an even more dominating show as Rahul Chahar took 4 wickets and with sheer domination was chosen as the MOM.
- The next most thrilling encounter between the two franchises was held on 9th May 2018, and the match was won by MI at an alarming margin of 102 runs which was won with the antics of Ishan Kishan in the first place and later by decent contributions from all MI bowlers.
- On 14th May 2015, the Indians had a fortunate win against the Knight Riders as batters from both teams battled but the match turned out to be good as per scores after a blistering 60+ score by Hardik and the MI bowlers also resisted the KKR batters with eminent efforts from all, ultimately winning the match by 5 runs.
- The Mumbai Indians continued their sensational performance in 2016 and faced KKR on the 24th of May, and chased a dependable score of 175 with contributions from all players in the setup. MI was provided with a brilliant start by their skipper Rohit Sharma with a mind-blowing innings and later quickfire innings of 51 runs in just 17 balls as they went on to win the match.
MI vs KKR: Interesting Facts
KKR
- Highest Successful Run-chase in an IPL Final – 200 vs KXIP in 2014
- Most Consecutive Wins in the IPL
- Bowled Out RCB for the lowest IPL total ever – 49
MI
- Unbeaten at Chepauk for 10 years against their biggest rivals, featuring even in the most volatile contests.
- Fastest target chased in IPL – the only team who chased their target within the powerplay, an almost unattainable deed.
- Biggest win margin of 146 runs vs DD in 2017.
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