Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians: Things To Watch Out For in IPL 2025
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is one of the most important T20 leagues globally, where the best domestic franchise teams compete for bragging rights.
Mumbai Indians have won the most titles since IPL began in 2008, winning five times. Kolkata Knight Riders have won the prestigious trophy three times, respectively.
Here are some things to watch out for in the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians game in IPL 2025.
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KKR vs MI head to head Record (till IPL 2024)
Analysing the match results for KKR vs MI, we witnessed that these two teams have locked horns 34 times across the 17 seasons of IPL. Mumbai Indians won 23 of those 34 matches, while Kolkata won only eleven.
KKR and MI faced each other twice in the 2024 season, and KKR emerged victorious in both encounters.
Retained Players in KKR & MI
The salary cap for each franchise was INR 146 crore for the IPL 2025 season. MI retained 5 players and left with a purse of ₹20,00,000 cr whereas KKR retained 6 players and left with ₹5,00,000 in the IPL 2025. Let's look at the players retained by KKR and MI, respectively.
Players Retained by KKR
KKR retained several players ahead of IPL 2025.
Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh
Chandrakant Pandit will coach the team in the IPL 2024 and will be led by Shreyas Iyer.
Kolkata Knight Riders released players from their squad ahead of the upcoming IPL 2025
Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Mujeeb Rahman, Sherfane Rutherford, Gus Atkinson, Manish Pandey, K.S. Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sakib Hussain
Players Retained by MI
MI retained five players ahead of the IPL 2025
Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma
The Mumbai Indians have entrusted the leadership reins to the dynamic all-rounder Hardik Pandya as Mumbai Indians' newly appointed captain.
Mumbai Indians released players from their squad ahead of the upcoming IPL 2025.
Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, Riley Meredith, Arjun Tendulkar, Anmolpreet Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Jason Behrendorff, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Nuwan Thushara, Dilshan Madushanka, Mohammad Nabi, Shreyas Gopal, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dhir
KKR vs. MI: Top Batting Performance (till IPL 2024)
MI's batters took all three top positions for the most runs scored in the KKR vs. MI fixture.
Among the current team members, Rohit Sharma has scored the most runs (5458), followed by Suryakumar Yadav (2986 ) and Tilak Varma (1156). Mumbai Indians have retained this trio due to their impressive performances.
Top batsman for Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Mumbai Indians fixture:
- Rohit Sharma (5458 runs)
- Suryakumar Yadav (2986 runs)
- Tilak Varma (1156 runs)
Talking about top batting performances, one KKR vs MI highlight was Rohit Sharma's match-winning knock of 109* back in 2012 at the Eden Gardens. It's also the only IPL century of the Mumbai Indians captain, Rohit Sharma.
Talking about the highest totals scored by both teams, Mumbai scored 210/6 before bowling KKR out for only 108 runs in their 2018 fixture at the Eden Gardens.
On the other hand, KKR scored a mammoth 232/2 in their 20 overs against MI at the Eden Gardens in 2019. This
IPL match highlights include Hardik Pandya's quickfire 91 off 34 balls in a losing cause.
In 2023, MI and KKR played one match against each other, and MI won by 5 wickets. Last year, in 2024, MI and KKR played two games against each other, which KKR won by 24 and 18 runs, respectively.
KKR vs MI: Top Bowling Performance (till IPL 2024)
In the bowling department, Sunil Narine for KKR has been the pick of the bowlers with 180 wickets to his name. The MI spearhead, Jasprit Bumrah, is not far behind, with 165 wickets in his IPL career. And at number three, we have the West Indian all-rounder, Andre Russell, who has 114 wickets to his name for KKR.
Top bowlers for Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Mumbai Indians fixture:
- Sunil Narine (180 wickets for KKR)
- Jasprit Bumrah (165 wickets for MI)
- Andre Russell (114 wickets for KKR )
Their retention in their respective teams is a testament to their impressive performances.
The best bowling performance in this fixture goes to Andre Russell for his T20 career-best bowling figure of 5/15 in 2 overs in 2021.
Looking at the lowest totals scored by both teams in the KKR vs. MI fixture, Mumbai managed to score only 108 runs against KKR in their 2012 qualifier match. On the other hand, KKR was bundled out for 67 against MI in their 2008 encounter at Wankhede.
Conclusion
The KKR vs. MI match sounds like one of the best in the IPL, featuring two of the best teams of all time. However, KKR vs MI results have been a fascinating topic among fans because of the one-sided results over the years.
Mumbai has been dominant in this fixture over the past 17 seasons. But the past doesn't count for anything when the IPL 2025 season begins.
Kolkata, the 2024 winner, is poised for another successful IPL season in 2025. With a strong team and excellent player retention, they are expected to build upon their previous victory and deliver a commendable performance. They'll be looking to balance the KKR vs MI score for head-to-head results in the seasons to come.
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