With 10 points in the bank from seven games, Mumbai Indians are in striking distance of securing a play-off berth in IPL 2020 and a win against Purple donning Knights will further strengthen their chances to qualify for the knockouts.
Kolkata Knight Riders who have been a bit up and down need to find some semblance in both the batting and bowling departments against a formidable MI team. KKR come into the game on the back of a 82-run loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
KKR would also like to settle scores with Rohit Sharma-led MI after they were handed a 49-run trouncing by the defending champions earlier in the season.
So ahead of the IPL 2020 MI vs KKR clash at Abu Dhabi, here is a look at their head-to-head stats before their reverse fixture in IPL 2020
HEAD TO HEAD
Mumbai Indians have an overwhelming domination over KKR in their previous IPL encounters, winning 20 out of their 26 games between the two teams in the T20 league
Mumbai have also won four out of their last five games against KKR. Both teams shared the honours in the last edition of the IPL in 2019 with 1 win a piece.
Leading Run Scorers
Prolific opener Rohit Sharma holds the record for most runs by Mumbai Indians batsman against Kolkata Knight Riders. The MI skipper has aggregated a staggering 788 runs against KKR in IPL
Explosive Windies batsman Andre Russell has smashed 157 runs against Mumbai Indians. It is the most by the current set of KKR player against 4-time champions.
Most Wickets
Hardik Pandya has taken the most wickets for MI against KKR among the current crop of Mumbai Indians bowlers in IPL. The seam all-rounder has accounted for 11 KKR batsmen. Overall, Lasith Malinga (20) is the highest wicket-taker for Mumbai Indians against KKR.
Windies off spinner Sunil Narine leads the wicket taking charts for KKR against MI with 22 dismissals to his name.