Ajinkya Rahane is leading Kolkata Knight Riders in their first match of IPL 2026 on Sunday (March 29), which is taking place at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai against Mumbai Indians. Rahane opened the innings for KKR in their first match of the new season and scored 67 runs from 40 balls. The 67-run knock by Rahane on Sunday helped him break Gautam Gambhir’s record of highest individual score by a KKR captain in an IPL match against the Mumbai Indians.
During the IPL 2016 match played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on April 13, Gambhir scored 64 runs from 52 balls for the Kolkata-based franchise.
Highest scores by KKR captains in IPL against Mumbai Indians
| PLAYER | RUNS | BALLS | 4s | 6s | STRIKE RATE | VENUE | DATE |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 67 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 167.50 | Mumbai (WS) | March 29, 2026 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 64 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 123.07 | Kolkata | April 13, 2016 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 59 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 131.11 | Mumbai (WS) | April 28, 2016 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 57 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 132.55 | Kolkata | April 8, 2015 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 42 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 116.66 | Kolkata | April 19, 2010 |
| Eoin Morgan | 39* | 29 | 2 | 2 | 134.48 | Abu Dhabi | October 16, 2020 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 38 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 131.03 | Mumbai (WS) | May 14, 2015 |
| Dinesh Karthik | 36* | 26 | 5 | 1 | 138.46 | Mumbai (WS) | May 6, 2018 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 31 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 91.17 | Mumbai (BS) | March 22, 2010 |
| Dinesh Karthik | 30 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 130.43 | Abu Dhabi | September 23, 2020 |
The overall record of the highest score by a captain
in an IPL match against the Mumbai Indians is in the name of KL Rahul. Rahul played two unbeaten knocks of 103 runs for the Lucknow Super Giants against the Mumbai Indians in the 2022 edition of the IPL.
Highest score by a captain in IPL against Mumbai Indians
| PLAYER | TEAM | RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | VENUE | DATE |
| KL Rahul | Lucknow Super Giants | 103* | 60 | 9/5 | Mumbai (BS) | April 16, 2022 |
| KL Rahul | Lucknow Super Giants | 103* | 62 | 12/4 | Mumbai (WS) | April 24, 2022 |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 92* | 62 | 7/4 | Mumbai (WS) | April 17, 2018 |
| David Warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 90* | 59 | 7/4 | Hyderabad | April 18, 2016 |
| Shreyas Iyer | Punjab Kings | 87* | 41 | 5/8 | Ahmedabad | June 1, 2025 |
| David Warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 85* | 58 | 10/1 | Sharjah | November 3, 2020 |
| Steve Smith | Rising Pune Supergiants | 84* | 54 | 7/3 | Pune | April 6, 2017 |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 82* | 50 | 6/4 | Mumbai (WS) | May 10, 2015 |
| Steve Smith | Rajasthan Royals | 79* | 53 | 8/1 | Ahmedabad | April 14, 2015 |
| JP Duminy | Delhi Capitals | 78* | 50 | 3/6 | Delhi | April 23, 2015 |
The record of scoring most runs in an IPL match against the Mumbai Indians is in the name of AB de Villiers. AB de Villiers played an unbeaten knock of 133 runs for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 2015 IPL match against MI at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 10.
Shubman Gill, Adam Gilchrist, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ben Stokes, Hashim Amla, Venkatesh Iyer, Yusuf Pathan, KL Rahul and Jos Buttler are other batters who have managed to score more than 100 runs in an IPL match against MI.
Jaiswal, who will feature for the Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026, has a couple of IPL centuries to his name against the Mumbai Indians, and KL Rahul has also scored two hundreds against MI as an LSG player in 2022.
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