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From 2015–2018, Mumbai Indians held an eight-game winning streak against the Kolkata Knight Riders. That streak was broken on 29 April 2019, as KKR posted a total of 232 runs and won by 34 runs. Both sides displayed excellent hitting as KKR's [[Andre Russell]] scored 80 runs and MI's [[Hardik Pandya]] scored 91 runs. KKR holds the record for highest total for an IPL match played at [[Eden Gardens]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ipl2009/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?id=117&type=trophy|title=Indian Premier League Cricket Team Records & Stats &#124; ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo}}</ref> This victory was KKR's 100th T20 win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/ipl/ipl-2019-kolkata-knight-riders-kkr-register-100-t20-wins-5673196/|title=IPL 2019: Kolkata Knight Riders register 100th T20 win|date=29 April 2019}}</ref> Mumbai have won all the 3 games between them since then.

In the [[2012 Indian Premier League|2012 edition of IPL]] , KKR was at the lower half of the IPL table and needed to win the crucial match against RCB. KKR won the toss and chose to bat first. The skipper [[Gautam Gambhir]] lead from the front with 93(51). In reply RCB lost wickets at regular intervals, as only the Universe Boss - [[Chris Gayle]] managed to put up a fight with a score of 86(58)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of KKR vs RCB 38th match 2012 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2012-520932/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-38th-match-548344/full-scorecard|access-date=13 April 2021|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>.In the next time , they met, Gambhir again was the thorn of RCB as he top scored for KKR at a tough pitch taking KKR to a competitive total of 165. RCB in reply made a measly 129 as [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] ripped through their lineup with a 4/18 in 4 overs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of KKR vs RCB 10th match 2012 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2012-520932/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-10th-match-548315/full-scorecard|access-date=13 April 2021|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>

In the 2015 IPL edition, RCB and KKR took part in a  match reduced due to rain. It was reduced to a 10 over match. RCB won the toss and elected to field. For KKR [[Andre Russell]]  was the top scorer as he scored 45 off just 17 balls as he took them to a intimidating score of 111/4 in just 10 overs. [[Mitchell Starc]] took one wicket for 15 runs in 2 overs. In reply, RCB had a great start and were at 0-48 at 3.4 overs before [[Brad Hogg]] got Chris Gayle out. After that RCB stuttered and started to collapse as they were reduced to 3-81 in 7.2 overs. When [[Virat Kohli]] got out to Andre Russell, the match looked to be over for RCB. However [[Mandeep Singh]] played a blinder of an innings as he scored 45 off just 18 balls hitting 3 sixes and 4 fours.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=RCB beat KKR RCB won by 7 wickets (with 2 balls remaining) - KKR vs RCB, Pepsi Indian Premier League, 33rd match Match Summary, Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pepsi-indian-premier-league-2015-791129/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-33rd-match-829771/live-cricket-score|access-date=2021-04-20|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>

In the  2017 IPL Edition, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore locked horns with one another again. In the first match between them, RCB got KKR put for a paltry score of 131 after KKR got off to a strong start of 0-48 in 3.3 overs. However in one of the most brilliant displays of bowling, KKR reduced RCB to 49/9 before getting the final wicket resulting in RCB getting the lowest score in the history of IPL - 49 all out. [[Nathan Coulter-Nile|Nathan Coulter Nile]], [[Colin de Grandhomme|Colin De Grandhomme]] and [[Chris Woakes]] got 3 wickets each<ref name=":0" /> In the next time they faced, [[Sunil Narine]] scored the fastest fifty of IPL then and second fastest now (50 off 15 balls). KKR made [[List of Indian Premier League records and statistics|the highest score made in powerplay in any IPL match]], and chased down the target offered by RCB easily.<ref name=":0" />

However in the next match, RCB struck back as Virat Kohli made his 5th IPL century scoring 100 runs in 58 balls only. [[Moeen Ali|Moenn Ali]] scored 66 runs in only 28 balls as RCB scored 213 runs. For KKR, [[Nitish Rana]] scored 85 off 46 and Andre Russell 65 off 25 taking the game to the wire. However RCB came on top and won the match by 10 runs with Virat Kohli being Man of The Match.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of RCB vs KKR 35th Match 2019 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2019-1165643/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-35th-match-1178410/full-scorecard|access-date=2021-04-20|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>