Bengaluru joined the Indian Super League (ISL) in 2017, playing in the same division with the Blasters and Chennaiyin for the first time.

[9] Concurrently, there were plans to start a new tournament between eight new clubs; the ISL was officially launched on 21 October 2013 by IMG–Reliance, Star Sports, and the All India Football Federation.

[11] The first official South Indian Derby took place on 21 October 2014 at Marina Arena where Chennaiyin won the match 2–1 against Kerala Blasters.

[26] The rivalry originates from the competition between both clubs' fan bases—Manjappada of the Blasters and Bengaluru's West Block Blues.

When Bengaluru played at home against the North Korean side April 25 SC in the first leg of the AFC Cup Inter-Zone in August 2017, both Vineeth and Anto were present at Kanteerava to witness the game.

Later tension between the groups[30] began when Rino Anto expressed his displeasure over the incident on social media.

[32] It was in the 2021 Durand Cup that the two sides met for the first time outside the ISL with Bengaluru winning the match 2–0 at full-time on 15 September 2021.

With a new format for the playoffs of the 2022–23 Indian Super League season, Bengaluru and Kerala Blasters met against each other in the knockout stage match on 3 March 2023,[35] which took an unusual turn.

The Blasters players forfeited the knockout match in the extra-time following the controversy around the legitimacy of the free-kick goal scored by the Bengaluru captain Sunil Chhetri in the 96th minute.

[37] The referee gave Sunil Chhetri's goal the greenlight, and the infuriated Blasters coach Ivan Vukomanović called-off his players from the pitch into the dressing room.

[46][47] AIFF further issued a notice to the Blasters for the walkout as a punishable offence under the violation Article 58 of AIFF disciplinary code which states that if a team refuses to play a match that was in progress, the club has to pay 'at least rupees six lakh' as penalty,[48] and in serious cases, the club would be penalized six lakh rupees and would be disqualified from a competition in progress and/or would be excluded from taking part in a future competition.

[51] After Bengaluru lost in the final against ATK Mohun Bagan on 18 March, Bengaluru's owner Parth Jindal called out for VAR in Indian football citing the refereeing errors in the final match,[52] to which the Blasters' fans responded with mocking comments.

Kerala Blasters and Chennaiyin FC were founded in 2014 as two of the eight clubs competing in the Indian Super League's (ISL) inaugural season.

[74] This incident led to Blasters' fans wearing Zinedine Zidane masks at the return leg in Kochi, intensifying the clubs' rivalry.

Notes: This table includes all the trophies that the clubs won since their first appearance in the Indian Super League.