The ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) season is one game away from coming to an end. The 17th edition of the competition will end on Sunday (May 26) with the final between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Ten teams participated in the league and four of them qualified for the playoffs before KKR and SRH made the cut for the final. IPL 2024 got underway on March 22 with the mouth-watering clash between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Chennai and is now all set to come to an end at the same venue.
KKR, SRH, Rajasthan Royals and RCB qualified for the playoffs while CSK, Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants, Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians failed to advance ahead of the league stage. KKR topped the points table for the first time in their history as they finished the league stage with 20 points. SRH were second with 17 points followed by RR and RCB.
RR had 17 points as well but finished below SRH because of their net run-rate. On the other hand, RCB finished with 14 points, same as CSK and DC but made the cut for the playoffs due to their better net run-rate. With the tournament now all set to come to an end with the final between KKR and SRH, we are taking a look at their head-to-head record. Before that, we are taking a look at their journey in the competition so far.
KKR:
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- 1st match: Won against Sunrisers Hyderabad by four runs.
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- 2nd match: Won against Royal Challengers Bengaluru by seven wickets.
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- 3rd match: Won against Delhi Capitals by 106 runs.
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- 4th match: Lost against Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets.
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- 5th match: Won against Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets.
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- 6th match: Lost against Rajasthan Royals by two wickets.
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- 7th match: Won against Royal Challengers Bengaluru by one run.
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- 8th match: Lost against Punjab Kings by eight wickets.
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- 9th match: Won against Delhi Capitals by seven wickets.
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- 10th match: Won against Mumbai Indians by 24 runs.
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- 11th match: Won against Lucknow Super Giants by 98 runs.
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- 12th match: Won against Mumbai Indians by 18 runs.
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- 13th match: Match abandoned.
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- 14th match: Match abandoned.
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- Qualifier 1: Won against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets.
SRH:
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- 1st match: Lost against Kolkata Knight Riders by four runs.
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- 2nd match: Won against Mumbai Indians by 31 runs.
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- 3rd match: Lost against Gujarat Titans by seven wickets.
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- 4th match: Won against Chennai Super Kings by six wickets.
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- 5th match: Won against Punjab Kings by two runs.
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- 6th match: Won against Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 25 runs.
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- 7th match: Won against Delhi Capitals by 67 runs.
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- 8th match: Lost against Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 35 runs.
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- 9th match: Lost against Chennai Super Kings by 78 runs.
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- 10th match: Won against Rajasthan Royals by 1 run.
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- 11th match: Lost against Mumbai Indians by seven wickets.
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- 12th match: Won against Lucknow Super Giants by 10 wickets.
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- 13th match: Match abandoned without toss.
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- 14th match: Won against Punjab Kings by 4 wickets.
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- Qualifier 1: Lost against Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets.
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- Qualifier 2: Won against Rajasthan Royals by 36 wickets.
KKR vs SRH: Head-to-head record:
KKR and SRH have been playing against each other since 2013 when the latter was added to the IPL. Since then, they have faced each other 27 times and KKR have clear upper hand in the rivalry. Of the 27 games between the two teams, KKR have won 18 while SRH have emerged victorious in 9.
In the 2013 season, they won one game against each other. In the following season, KKR won both the games against the Hyderabad-based outfit and had gone on to win the tournament as well. In 2015, they won one game each again.
In 2016, KKR and SRH faced each other three times and the former won two of the games while the latter won one. Even in 2017 when SRH had won their maiden IPL title, KKR had defeated them twice while they had won one game against the Kolkata-based outfit.
In 2018, SRH managed to have the upper hand for the first time as they won two of the three games against KKR. In 2019, the honours were shared again before KKR won both the games in 2020. In 2021, KKR again won both their league games against SRH before both the teams won one game each against each other in 2022. In 2023 as well, they won one game against each other.
Talking about the ongoing season, SRH and KKR have faced each other twice and the latter have won both the games. Both the teams opened their campaign in IPL 2024 by taking on each other and KKR had won that game by four runs.
After scoring 208/7, KKR had managed to restrict SRH to 204/7 to start their campaign with the win. The second meeting between them took place in the playoffs when they locked horns in the first qualifier. KKR thoroughly dominated the contest and inflicted a heavy 8-wicket defeat on the Pat Cummins-led side. Batting first, SRH were bowled out for only 159 before KKR chased it down in less than 14 overs by losing just two wickets.
KKR will be looking to continue their domination and beat SRH to clinch a third IPL title. On the other hand, SRH will be looking to have the last laugh by avenging their two losses this season.
KKR vs SRH head-to-head record:
| KKR | SRH | |
| 27 | Matches | 27 |
| 18 | Won | 9 |
| 9 | Lost | 18 |
| 0 | No Result | 0 |
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