Karunesh Kumar Rai
IPL has seen many rivalry till now but this IPL rivalry is a very unsung one. SRH and KKR both the teams have a very strong players and give a tough fight to every team, both teams are title winners of IPL. SRH has won 1 time whereas KKR has won 2 times. Today we will look at head to head comparison between these two IPL heavyweights.
KKR had very big names since the first IPL edition from big hitters like Chris Gayle to Brendon McCullum to classic batsman like Gautam Gambhir to Robin Uthappa and bolwers like Shoaib Akhtar to Sunil Narine. SRH came with this name in 2013 early this team was known as Deccan Chargers. SRH also had many heavyweights like David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and many more.
In total these two teams head to head has played 25 matches, in which KKR has won 16 times and SRH has won 9 times. They last played at Rajiv Gandhi international stadium on 4th may 2023 where KKR won a last over thriller by 5 runs. Head to head stats at Eden Gardens- total matches played 9 where KKR has won 6 matches and SRH has won 3 matches. Head to head stats at Rajiv Gandhi international stadium- total matches played 7 where KKR has won 4 times and SRH has won 3 times.
These stats clearly show that Kolkata has a upper hand on Sunrisers overall even at Hyderbad’s home ground where KKR has won 4 out of 7 matches. Head to head in neutral grounds total matches played 9 KKR won 6 and SRH won 3. In batting Nitish Rana with 483 runs and Manish Pandey with 438 runs are the top run scorers between these two teams both the players represent KKR. In bowling Bhuvneshwar Kumar of SRH has 24
wickets and Andre Russel of KKR with 17 wickets.
