KKR vs MI head to head: IPL record, results and stats (updated 2026)

KKR vs MI head to head record in IPL

Mumbai Indians lead the all-time IPL head to head against Kolkata Knight Riders 25-12. No team has beaten a single opponent more often in the IPL. The fixture has never produced a tie or a no result, and the two sides shared the spoils in IPL 2026 with one win each.

KKR vs MI head to head: last 5 matches

Historicaly, IPL match predictions for this clash have been easy ,but KKR lead the last five meetings 3-2. MI won back-to-back games at the Wankhede in 2025 and 2026, before KKR took the most recent meeting in Kolkata.

The May 2024 game in Kolkata was cut to 16 overs a side by rain.

KKR vs MI last 10 matches

Over a ten-game window, KKR lead 6-4. That run includes three straight KKR wins between September 2021 and May 2022.

KKR vs MI head to head since 2020

The rivalry has evened out in the last seven seasons. Since the start of IPL 2020, the sides have won six games each from 12 meetings. Before 2020, MI led the fixture 19-6.

KKR vs MI head to head in IPL 2026

The sides met twice in IPL 2026, and the home team won both games.

29 March, Wankhede: KKR posted 220/4, with Ajinkya Rahane making 67 off 40 balls and Angkrish Raghuvanshi adding 51. MI chased it with five balls to spare. Ryan Rickelton hit 81 off 43 and Rohit Sharma 78 off 38 in an opening stand of 148. Shardul Thakur was player of the match for his 3/39. MI's 224/4 is their highest total against KKR and the highest successful chase in the fixture.

20 May, Eden Gardens: KKR chose to field and reduced MI to 41/4 inside the powerplay. Sunil Narine took 1/13 from four overs, and only Corbin Bosch's 32 not out off 18 balls lifted MI to 147/8. Manish Pandey, who began his IPL career at MI, was player of the match for his 45 off 33 balls. He put on 64 with Rovman Powell, who scored 40. Bosch took 3/30, but KKR reached 148/6 with seven balls to spare.

That win kept KKR's playoff hopes alive for a few more days but neither side reached the IPL 2026 playoffs.

KKR vs MI all results from 2008 to 2026

Every IPL meeting between the two franchises, grouped by season. The sides played three times in 2017 and only once in 2023 and 2025.

Between May 2015 and May 2018, MI won eight straight games against KKR, the longest winning run by either side. KKR's best is three in a row, achieved twice: from April 2014 to April 2015, and from September 2021 to May 2022.

KKR vs MI head to head by venue

MI lead at every type of venue. The Wankhede is where the gap is widest, and Eden Gardens is where KKR have made up the most ground.

KKR vs MI head to head at Eden Gardens

MI lead 7-5 at KKR's home ground. Mumbai won seven of the first nine meetings in Kolkata, including a 102-run victory in 2018.

KKR have since won the last three games at Eden Gardens, in 2019, 2024 and 2026. The ground also produced the highest total in the fixture, KKR's 232/2 in 2019.

KKR vs MI head to head at Wankhede Stadium

MI have won 11 of 13 games against KKR at the Wankhede. KKR's two wins there came 12 years apart, in 2012 and 2024.

KKR's totals at the ground range from 67 all out in 2008 to 220/4 in 2026, and they lost both games. The 2011 Eliminator was also played here.

KKR vs MI head to head at other venues

MI lead 7-5 across 12 games away from the two home grounds. These include two matches in South Africa in 2009, four in Abu Dhabi between 2014 and 2021, and single games in Cuttack, Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Navi Mumbai and Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium.

KKR have won the last three games at these venues, including both 2022 meetings in Maharashtra.

KKR vs MI head to head in IPL playoffs

The teams have met twice in the knockouts, and MI won both. They have never faced each other in an IPL final.

In 2017, leg-spinner Karn Sharma took 4/16 as KKR were bowled out for 107 in Bengaluru. MI chased it in 14.3 overs and beat Rising Pune Supergiant in the final two days later.

KKR vs MI team records

Batting first vs chasing

Chasing sides have won 21 of 37 games. MI lean on the chase heavily, with 15 of their 25 wins coming while batting second. KKR's wins are split evenly.

Highest and lowest totals

The 2026 game at the Wankhede produced 444 runs, the highest match aggregate in KKR vs MI history. The 2019 game at Eden Gardens is next on 430.

Biggest victories

KKR: 52 runs (Navi Mumbai, 2022), 41 runs (Abu Dhabi, 2014), 34 runs (Kolkata, 2019). By wickets: 9 wickets (Kolkata, 2010).

MI: 102 runs (Kolkata, 2018), 92 runs (Port Elizabeth, 2009), 65 runs (Mumbai, 2013). By wickets: 9 wickets (Mumbai, 2019).

Closest finishes

• 5 runs: MI, Mumbai, 2015
• 9 runs: MI, East London, 2009
• 9 runs: MI, Kolkata, 2017
• 10 runs: MI, Chennai, 2021
• 4 wickets: MI, Mumbai, 2011 and 2017, and KKR, Kolkata, 2026

KKR vs MI player records

Most runs in KKR vs MI matches

Rohit Sharma is the leading scorer in this fixture by a distance, with 1,060 runs against KKR. Venkatesh Iyer has the best average of the top five at 60.83.

Figures cover all IPL meetings up to the end of IPL 2026. Pandey's 45 in the last game moved him above Iyer and Gambhir into third place.

Highest individual scores

• Rohit Sharma (MI): 109*, Kolkata, 2012
• Venkatesh Iyer (KKR): 104, Mumbai, 2023
• Rohit Sharma (MI): 98*, Kolkata, 2015
• Hardik Pandya (MI): 91, Kolkata, 2019
• Rohit Sharma (MI): 84*, Kolkata, 2016

Only two centuries have been scored in this rivalry, and both batters hold the record for their side. Pat Cummins owns the fastest fifty, off 14 balls for KKR in Pune in 2022.

Most wickets in KKR vs MI matches

Jasprit Bumrah's 5/10 at the DY Patil Stadium in 2022 is the best return in the fixture, and it came in a 52-run defeat. Andre Russell's 5/15 in Chennai in 2021 is the best by a KKR bowler, also in a losing cause.

Players who have represented both teams

Suryakumar Yadav spent four seasons at KKR before becoming an MI mainstay. Others to appear for both franchises include Manish Pandey, Robin Uthappa, Harbhajan Singh, Trent Boult, Quinton de Kock, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Chris Lynn, Tim Southee and Shardul Thakur.

Most memorable KKR vs MI matches

2008: 67 all out at the Wankhede

Shaun Pollock took 3/12 and KKR were dismissed for 67 in 15.2 overs. MI needed only 5.3 overs to chase it. It is still the lowest total by either side in this fixture.

2011: 21 off the last over

MI needed 21 from the final over at Eden Gardens. James Franklin hit four fours in a row off Lakshmipathy Balaji, and Ambati Rayudu hit the last ball for six. The teams met again three days later in the Eliminator, and MI won that too.

2012: Rohit's 109 not out

Rohit Sharma made his first IPL century at Eden Gardens, an unbeaten 109 off 60 balls, in a stand of 167 with Herschelle Gibbs. MI finished on 182/1 and won by 27 runs.

2018: The 102-run win

Ishan Kishan hit 62 off 21 balls as MI posted 210/6 in Kolkata. KKR were bowled out for 108. It remains the biggest win by runs in the rivalry.

2019: Russell 80 not out, Hardik 91

Andre Russell hit 80 not out off 40 balls and KKR posted 232/2. Hardik Pandya replied with 91 off 34, including a 17-ball fifty, but MI fell 34 runs short. The win ended KKR's eight-game losing streak against Mumbai.

2022: Cummins needs 15 balls

KKR needed 35 off 30 balls in Pune. Pat Cummins took 35 off a single Daniel Sams over and finished on 56 not out off 15 balls. His 14-ball fifty equalled the fastest in IPL history at the time.

2024: KKR end the Wankhede drought

KKR were 57/5 before Venkatesh Iyer's 70 lifted them to 169. Mitchell Starc took four wickets and MI were bowled out for 145. It was KKR's first win at the Wankhede in 12 years.

2026: MI chase 221

KKR made 220/4 at the Wankhede and still lost. Rickelton and Rohit put on 148 for the first wicket, and MI got home with five balls left.

KKR vs MI titles and finals compared

Both franchises have won multiple titles. MI's five put them level with Chennai Super Kings as the most successful team in IPL history.

KKR beat MI at least once in each of their three title seasons, and won both meetings in 2014 and 2024.

Using KKR vs MI head to head stats for betting

Head to head data works best as one input alongside current form, team news and pitch reports. Three trends stand out for users of IPL betting apps ahead of the next meeting.

Recent form beats the all-time record

MI lead 25-12 overall, but the sides are level at 6-6 since 2020 and KKR have won six of the last 10. Nineteen of MI's 25 wins came before 2020.

Venue matters more than in most rivalries

MI have won 11 of 13 at the Wankhede. KKR have won the last three at Eden Gardens. Check where the game is played before backing either side in the match winner market.

Chasing sides have the edge

The team batting second has won 21 of 37 meetings, and 15 of MI's 25 wins were chases. Check the toss result before placing live bets.

Raja Babu Cricket Expert

The 25-12 scoreline flatters the current MI side. Most of that lead was built between 2008 and 2019, and KKR have matched Mumbai win for win since. The last three seasons and the venue give a clearer picture of this matchup. Bet only with money you can afford to lose. Betting is for adults aged 18 and over, so check the gambling laws where you live before placing a bet.

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