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Indian Premier League is one of the most popular cricket leagues in the world every season all the teams face each other twice and the top 4 teams will be qualified for the playoff stage. Over time this league has created many rivalries in this blog let’s discuss Top IPL rivalries of all time.
There have been a lot of IPL rivalries matches with some mind-blowing performances throughout the IPL journey. Rivalries are a part of the sport and there have been some classic fights between two IPL teams, while some rivalries are one-sided.
Many of these IPL rivalries are created off the field by opposing fans and some are created on the field. Major IPL rivalries are formed by two teams as they want to win the champion’s title of the league.
Initially, some rivalries were based on cities but as time passed the rivalry kept getting intense, the teams were expected to give their 100 percent performance in such rivalry matches and this also helped teams to build a loyal fan base. Fans get excited to watch these matches and support their teams.
Let’s have a look at the Top IPL rivalries in the history of this league:
This is the most famous rivalry among the history IPL rivalries. This rivalry began on the first match of the inaugural season of IPL in 2008. Brendon McCullum the skipper of KKR lit up the match by brilliantly scoring a total of 158 and destroying RCB in the very first match of IPL history. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished the season in 7th position as they couldn’t recover from this huge loss.
Chris Gayle, a major reject of KKR, Joined RCB’s squad in 2011 and proved himself as one of the best batsmen in the IPL journey.
In 2013 there was a fight between KKR’s skipper Gautam Gambhir and RCB’s captain Virat Kohli is another highlight of this rivalry. Moreover, in 2017 KKR wiped off RCB’s batting lineup just for 49 runs which is the lowest total of IPL history. This is the oldest rivalry among the IPL rivalries.
Head to Head
Matches: 26
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 14
Kolkata Knight Riders: 12
No Results: 0
This is the second most famous among the IPL rivalries. The rivalry between these two teams is often referred to as El Clasico of IPL, Mumbai Indians had a couple of bad seasons in the initial seasons, but ever since Rohit Sharma took over the role of the team lead in 2013, fortunes has changed for the team.
Mumbai Indians are the most successful team with 5 IPL trophies and Chennai Super Kings is the second most successful team with 4 titles.
Having the two most successful players in Indian cricket history in CSK’s MS Dhoni and MI’s Sachin Tendulkar, the history of this rivalry goes back to the inception of IPL.
The highest runs scorer from these two teams is Suresh Raina of Chennai Super Kings with 722 runs and the leading wicket-taker is Lasith Malinga of Mumbai Indians with 36 wickets. Both the teams have faced each other 4 times in the finals and Mumbai Indians have won 3 times.
Head to Head
Matches: 32
Chennai Super Kings: 13
Mumbai Indians: 19
No Results: 0
When we talk About IPL Rivalries we cannot miss out on Chennai Super Kings vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore, also known as Ashes of South. The intensity of this rivalry is also due to political differences between the two states over the Cauvery River. The rivalry between these two teams got more popular due to their captains.
During the 2012 season, CSK got a huge target of 206 to chase but Albie Morkel smashed 28 runs in a single over which helped CSK to win a very tough match. The highest run-scorer from these teams is Virat Kohli with 761 runs in 24 runs and Albie Morkel of Chennai Super Kings is the highest wicket-taker with 16 Wickets.
Head to Head
Match: 27
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 17
Chennai Super Kings: 09
No results: 1
During the period of IPL season, 2012 to season 2015 the Monopoly for the IPL champion’s title was handled by Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders as both the teams won the title 2 times in alternate years. KKR won it in 2012 and 2014 whereas MI won it in 2013 and 2015.
The rivalry got more intense when both the teams faced each other in 2019, it was one of the best performances for KKR. Russell smashed 8 huge sixes and 6 fours and scored 80 runs in just 40 balls, this helped KKR to make a total of 232/2 in 20 overs.
During the Chase Indian all-rounder, Hardik Pandya played a brilliant knock of 91 in just 34 balls but things didn’t work in their due to the high required run rate as a result KKR won the match by 34 runs. Rohit Sharma is the leading run-scorer with 708 runs and Sunil Narine is the highest wicket-taker of this rivalry.
Head to Head
Match: 29
Kolkata Knight Riders: 7
Mumbai Indians: 22
No Result: 0
This is one of the infamous among IPL rivalries, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals (Formerly known as Delhi Daredevils) they don’t have an on-field rivalry but it is mainly because of the rivalry between the 2 cities in India, one is National Capital while the other one is Financial Capital.
Mumbai Indians have won the IPL title 5 times while Delhi Capitals have never won the title. Although Mumbai is far away from Delhi Capitals in the race for the IPL title, both teams are not so far when it comes to head 2 head matches.
Mumbai Indians have won 16 times and Delhi Capitals have won 12 times, Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma is the highest run-scorer with 516 runs and Lasith Malinga is the highest wicket-taker of this rivalry with 21 wickets.
Head to Head
Match: 28
Mumbai Indians: 16
Delhi Capitals: 12
No Result: 0
Jamaican batsman Chris Gayle is one of the greatest batsmen in IPL history also one of the toughest Batsmen for the bowlers. However, Ashwin knows how to get him out. 9 times they have faced each other and 5 times Ashwin dismissed him.
MS Dhoni was aware of Gayle’s struggles against Ashwin, Dhoni gave Ashwin the new ball in the final match of IPL 2011. Ashwin proved his excellence by sending Gayle back to the pavilion on the third ball of the innings for a duck, just a few days prior to the final match, Ashwin had also dismissed the power hitter Gayle in the fourth over of the innings in the Qualifier match. This rivalry is one of the interesting rivalries among IPL Rivalries.
Head to Head
Innings: 9
Balls: 61
Runs: 51
Dismissals: 5
Average: 10.2
Batting Strike Rate: 83.6
This is the most famous among the Individual Players IPL rivalries between RCB’s skipper Virat Kohli and KKR’s Captain Gautam Gambhir the reason for this rivalry is nothing personal but it was influenced by the rivalry between the teams.
In IPL season 2013, it was the 12th match between KKR and RCB, it was the first ball of the 10th over bowled by Balaji. Kohli tried to hit for a six but was caught in the sweeper cover region.
As Gambhir and other Players were celebrating the dismissal in the cover region, Virat Kohli instead of going back to the pavilion walked towards short extra cover and made a remark soon after that KKR’s skipper Gautam Gambhir was seen walking angrily towards Kohli and got involved in a verbal dispute with him. Gautam Gambhir is also responsible for many other IPL rivalries.
While we are talking about Individual IPL Rivalries we cannot miss out on this, stump-breaking bowler versus power hitter batsman. Talking about Mitchell Starc vs. Kieron pollard. In IPL season 2014 it was the 27th match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the 17th over of first innings
On Start 4th ball of the over Pollard tried to hit a huge shot but missed. Starc was ready to Bowl the 5th ball pollard waved his hand and send him back, Starc was again ready to deliver the 5th ball, and then something unsettled pollard and he backed away.
However this time Starc decided to deliver the ball. It is not clear whether he spotted pollard backing off or was too late to pull up the delivery, Pollard thought he was intentionally attacked and responded by throwing the bat on Starc. Luckily the bat slipped out of his hand, then the dispute was solved by Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers.
Another famous rivalry among Individual IPL rivalries is in between Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir it was the 8th match of IPL season 2013 in the 5th over of the KKR’s innings Rajasthan Royals Skipper Rahul Dravid and Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Gautam Gambhir got involved in a verbal dispute.
First Manvindra Bisla of KKR and Shane Watson of RR got into a verbal duel when Shane Watson threatened to throw a ball at the batsman. RR’s skipper Rahul Dravid tried to calm down Bisla but Gautam Gambhir entered into the dispute.
In the next over, when Gautam Gambhir was stumped by Dinesh Yagnik, it is said that Gautam Gambhir again used some abusive words to Rahul Dravid before walking to the pavilion. Gautam Gambhir is also responsible for many other IPL rivalries.
As Ashwin has dominated Gayle, he has been smashed by RCB’s skipper. They both have faced each other 19 times and only once Ashwin has dismissed Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli dominates in this Individual rivalry.
Head to Head
Innings: 19
Balls: 125
Runs: 160
Dismissal: 1
Average: 168
Batting Strike Rate: 128
No doubt that Prithvi Shaw has a world-class batting style Trent Boult of Mumbai Indians has troubled him whenever they have faced each other.
Trent Boult is one of the best skilled left-arm seamers at present is dominating this rivalry. In three innings Prithvi Shaw has only faced 12 balls and has scored 13 runs and got out all three times.
Apart from IPL, these two players have faced each other during the test series in New Zealand and Trent Boult dominated the series since then Prithvi Shaw lost his place in India’s Test squad. This is a newborn rivalry among IPL rivalries
Head to Head
Innings: 3
Balls: 12
Runs: 13
Dismissal: 3
Average: 4.3
Batting Strike Rate: 108.3
This is one of the IPL rivalries among two world-class cricketers KL Rahul and Jorfa Archer. KL Rahul is one of the most efficient Indian batsmen against pace and he is the leading run-scorer as an opener since IPL 2018. Jorfa Archer is one of the best pacers in recent times he is a nightmare to many batsmen but couldn’t make his impact on KL Rahul.
In fact, KL Rahul enjoys playing with Archer’s pace he has always smashed Archer many times, they have faced each other five times, KL Rahul is dominating the rivalry by scoring 89 runs in 59 balls with a strike rate of 150.8 and Jorfa Archer’s pace never succeed to dismiss him.
Head to Head
Balls: 59
Runs: 89
Dismissal: 0
Batting Strike Rate: 150.8
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