The stage of IPL is all set and the season 8 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 would kick off on Wednesday as we look at head-to-head with an encounter between Mumbai Indians and the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders. While MI believes in their batting fire power, KKR would want to take an upper hand by exploiting home consitions they have for the first match.
Both these teams, that are Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians, have faced each other 14 times in the past IPL season and Mumbai Indian leads with10 wins.
Lets us have a recap of how both these teams have fared in their head-to-head encounters:
|
Winner |
Margin |
MoM |
Venue |
Match Date |
|
Mumbai Indians |
7 Wickets |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
Kolkata |
29 Apr, 2008 |
|
Mumbai Indians |
8 Wickets |
Shaun Pollock |
Mumbai |
16 May, 2008 |
|
Mumbai Indians |
92 Runs |
Sachin Tendulkar |
Port Elizabeth |
27 Apr, 2009 |
|
Mumbai Indians |
9 Runs |
JP Duminy |
East London |
1 May, 2009 |
|
Mumbai Indians |
7 Wickets |
Sachin Tendulkar |
Mumbai (BS) |
22 Mar, 2010 |
|
Kolkata Knight Riders |
9 Wickets |
Murali Kartik |
Kolkata |
19 Apr, 2010 |
|
Mumbai Indians |
5 Wickets |
James Franklin |
Kolkata |
22 May, 2011 |
|
Mumbai Indians |
4 Wickets |
Munaf Patel |
Mumbai |
25 May, 2011 |
|
Mumbai Indians |
27 Runs |
Rohit Sharma |
Kolkata |
12 May, 2012 |
|
Kolkata Knight Riders |
32 Runs |
Sunil Narine |
Mumbai |
16 May, 2012 |
|
Mumbai Indians |
5 Wickets |
Dwayne Smith |
Kolkata |
24 Apr, 2013 |
|
Mumbai Indians |
65 Runs |
Sachin Tendulkar |
Mumbai |
7 May, 2013 |
|
Kolkata Knight Riders |
41 Runs |
Jacques Kallis |
Abu Dhabi |
16 Apr, 2014 |
|
Kolkata Knight Riders |
6 Wickets |
Robin Uthappa |
Cuttack |
14 May, 2014 |
|
TOTAL: 14 Matches |
10 Wins MI : 4 Wins KKR |
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*Stats updated till 7 April 2015
MoM: Man of the Match
In the 14 encounters among both these teams, Mumbai Indians have emerged victorious in 10 of those matches whereas Kolkata Knight Riders have managed to win 4 matches. It is clearly seen that the men in blue have dominated the knights but this in the last season KKR won both their matches against MI and took the from 10:2 to 10:4. This season as well they would work upon improving their record against the side led by Rohit Sharma.
On the other hand MI would want to continue the domination and start the new season with a bang. In the 10 matches that MI have won, on 4 occasions Sachin Tendulkar has been the Man of the Match. He wasn’t there with the team in the last season as well and MI lost both matches. But MI would hope to win without the Master Blaster this time around.
Who would win the match this time we will know in the few hours. But who do you think would win the match? KKR or MI?
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