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IPL 2026 KKR vs SRH Updates: Sunrisers thrash KKR by 65 runs

Thu, 02 April 2026

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23:16

Sunrisers trounce KKR by 65 runs

KKR 161-all out (16 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

Led by a clinical performance from their pacers, Sunrisers Hyderabad trounced Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs in Kolkata.

Unadkat led the way with 3/21, while Malinga and Reddy bagged two wickets each as the pace trio did well with the change of pace in the middle overs.

Raghuvanshi was the lone KKR batter to get a measure of the wicket, stroking a quickfire 52 from 29 balls.

Allen Finn had smashed a blistering 28 from seven balls, including two sixes and three fours off the first over.

But his dismissal to spinner Harsh Dubey turned the tide as SRH kept chipping away at the wickets before bowling out KKR for 161 in 16 overs.

This is KKR's second straight loss while SRH recovered after the opening day loss to RCB.

Earlier, Heinrich Klaasen hit a strokeful fifty as Sunrisers Hyderabad posted a challenging 226/8 -- the highest total this season.

Sent in to bat, Travis Head (46) and Abhishek Sharma (48) shared an opening stand of 82 runs off 34 balls to set up the platform, while Klaasen (52) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (39) provided the late charge.

For KKR, Blessing Muzarabani (4/41), Vaibhav Arora (2/47) Kartik Tyagi (1/48) and Anukul Roy (1/16) shared the wickets.

23:07

Sunrisers thrash KKR by 65 runs

KKR 161-all out (16 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

Unadkat back to bowl the 16th over. Tyagi is beaten by the slower ball before he takes one off the next.

Vaibhav Arora plays and misses and then manages a single off the fourth ball.

Unadkat strikes with the fifth ball as Tyagi is given out off the inside edge with KKR slipping to 161/9.

Unadkat finishes off the match in grand style as Chakravarthy ends up dragging the ball on to the stumps to be bowled for a first-ball duck.

A clinical bowling performance from SRH as they bundle out KKR for 161 in 16 overs to win by a big margin of 65 runs for their first win of the season.

23:00

Sunil Narine out for 12; KKR 7 down

KKR 159-8 (15 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

SRH keep chipping away at the wickets. Eshan Malinga, back in the attack, strikes with the crucial wicket of Narine, who mistimes the slower ball and is caught at long-on for 12.

Two balls later, he all but ends KKR's hopes with the wicket of their last specialist batter in Ramandeep.

The change of pace does the trick once again as Ramandeep hits the last ball straight to Unadkat at point to walk back for 10.

KKR need 68 from the last five overs with just two wickets in hand.

22:50

Nitish Reddy strikes again; KKR 6 down

KKR 151-6 (14 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

Ramandeep makes a move as he reverse sweeps Shivang for a boundary over point and then takes one to midwicket.

The asking rate has jumped over 13 with KKR needing a couple of big overs to get it under 12.

Rinku does well to make room and loft the spinner inside out over the covers for a six to release the pressure.

14 runs from the over as Shivang finishes with 41 from his four overs.

Reddy strikes again in his second over, with the crucial wicket of Rinku. The KKR left-hander, who stroked 35 from 25 balls, mistimes the cut shot off the slower ball and is caught by Undkat at short thirdman.

Sunil Narine, who has opened for KKR in the past, walks in at No 8. He shows his prowess with the bat as he pulls Reddy for a six over midwicket to get off the mark in grand style.

He bags another six off the next ball as he lofts Reddy down the ground but Dubey at long-on fails to take the catch with the ball bursting through his hands.

Narine's back to back sixes has revived KKR's hopes.

22:39

Raghuvanshi out for 52 as KKR stumble

KKR 123-5 (12 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

SRH bring in their seventh bowler in seamer Nitish Kumar Reddy. He leaves KKR in further strife, striking with the wicket of Anukul Roy, who is caught behind for a duck.

Ramandeep Singh gets off the mark with a single before Rinku takes one followed by another run to the former.

Just three runs from Reddy's first over as things keep getting difficult for KKR in the run chase.

22:34

Raghuvanshi out for 52; KKR 4 down

KKR 120-4 (11 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

Shivang continues as Rinku hits the second ball through the covers for a four followed by singles off the next two balls.

Rinku makes a lot of room before he cuts Shivang past point for another four.

However, KKR's progress is dented by the wicket of the well-set Raghuvanshi, who is run out.

Rinku had cut the spinner towards point as both batters are guilty of ball watching. Raghuvanshi is sent back halfway down but fails to make his ground and is run out after a quickfire 52 from 29 balls.

Malinga does well to collect the ball cleanly and fire a flat throw back to the non-striker's end.

This is a big blow for KKR's hopes as they slip to 120/4 in 11 overs.

22:30

Raghuvanshi hits 27-ball fifty to keep KKR in the hunt

KKR 110-3 (10 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

Shivang continues as Raghuvanshi plays the cut shot but Dubey loses his footing and misses an easy stop to give away four runs.

Raghuvanshi is beaten trying to cut the spinner as wicketkeeper Kishan appeals immediately before he takes the DRS.

The ball has clearly missed the bat as SRH lose the review. Another poor piece from fielding from SRH this time from Payne, who slips and lets the ball through to concede three runs.

Rinku chips the fifth ball inside out over the covers and shockingly Reddy has slipped this time to concede a four as KKR bring up their 100 in nine overs.

Shivang ends up giving away 12 runs in his second over when he should have conceded four or five runs.

David Payne, who was smashed for 25 runs in the opening over, is back into the attack.

Raghuvanshi picks a single first ball to race to his fifty from 27 balls -- his second in succession.

Rinku pulls the next for two runs and takes one off the third. Raghuvanshi collects a single before Rinku hammers the pull for a four and keeps strike with one.

KKR are on track as they reach 110/3 in 10 overs, needing another 117 from the last 10.

22:18

Raghuvanshi rallies KKR

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

KKR 88-3 (8 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

Left-arm wrist spinner Shivang Kumar comes into the attack. Rinku can't get bat to ball off the first two balls before he takes a single to long-on.

A superb googly from the spinner to beat Raghuvanshi on the outside edge before he cuts the next but can't beat the fielder at point.

He manages to slice the last ball over the fielder at point to get a much-needed boundary for KKR.

A tidy first over from debutant Shivang as he concedes just five runs.

Unadkat back into the attack. He gets some extra bounce to beat Rinku on the outside edge, who then miscues the next on the off-side but it falls just short of deep extra cover.

Raghuvanshi continues to find the boundaries as he cuts the pacer behind point for a four.

He again cuts the next ball but the fielder at sweeper cover puts in the dive to keep it down to two runs followed by singles off the last two balls.

KKR need 139 from 12 overs for victory at an asking rate of 11.58.

Raghuvanshi has kept KKR in the hunt, stroking 42 from 23 balls, with five fours and two sixes.

22:07

Green run out for 2; KKR in trouble

KKR 74-3 (6 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

Cameron Green at No 4 needs a big knock at his home ground to silence his critics after the outrage over him not bowling in the IPL so far.

Sri Lankan pacer Eshan Malinga comes into the attack, replacing Dubey who bowled an excellent spell of 1/17 in two overs striking with the key wicket of Allen.

Malinga starts with a wide down the leg side but his change of pace proving very effective.

Both Green and Raghuvanshi are restricted to singles but Malinga concedes two more wides as he struggles with his control of the slower ball.

Disaster for KKR as the well-set Raghuvanshi is run out off the final ball of the Powerplay.

The right-hander stroked an attractive 31 from 17 balls before he tried to steal a run off a misfield from the bowler.

But the ball didn't go very far and Malinga recovered quickly to break the bails at the non-striker's end.

The TV umpire checking to see whether the two batters had crossed each other. But Green had not passed Raghuvanshi as the Australian is ruled run out.

Green is given run out for 2 as KKR slip to 74/3 in six overs.

22:00

Rahane out for 8; KKR 2 down

KKR 67-2 (5 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat comes into the attack. Rahane continues to take singles as he picks one off the first ball.

Raghuvanshi pulls the slower bouncer square on the leg side for a four before he late cuts the pacer behind point for another boundary and then takes one.

Unadkat strikes in his first over with the wicket of the struggling Rahane, who gets a top edge off the slower ball and is caught by Malinga running in from deep midwicket.

Unadkat has dismissed Rahane five times in nine innings to continue his fine form against the KKR skipper.

Rahane walks back after a struggling knock of 8 from 10 balls as KKR are reduced to 67/2 in five overs.

21:53

High-flying KKR race past 50

KKR 57-1 (4 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

Spin from both ends as part-time Abhishek Sharma comes into the attack. Rahane collects another single before Raghuvanshi lofts the next over long-on for a six.

The two batters pick a single each followed by a six to Raghuvanshi off the last ball, as he sweeps the spinner over fine leg, to get 15 from the over.

Dubey continues as the two batters pick singles off the first two balls to take KKR past the 50-run mark, in 3.2 overs.

Rahane picks one before Raghuvanshi lofts the spinner inside out over the covers for a four followed by singles off the next two.

21:50

Dubey strikes; Allen out for 7-ball 28

KKR 33-1 (2 ovs) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

Left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey into the attack to bowl the second over. Rahane again turns the strike over with a single off the first ball before Allen lofts the next over mid-off for a four.

However, the spinner gets revenge off the very next ball. Allen looking to loft it over the off-side gets it off the inside half and ends up chipping a simple return catch back to the bowler.

Allen walks back after a quickfire 28 from seven balls, having hit four fours and two sixes.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi at No 3. He gets off the mark with a single to long-off followed by a wide down the leg side as Rahane misses the sweep but gets another extra run as the keeper fails to collect.

Raghuvanshi misses the sweep and is struck on the pads but the leg before shout is turned down.

21:46

Muzarabani takes 4 but Klaasen guides SRH to 226

KKR 25-1 (1 ov) vs SRH 226-8 | SCORECARD

KKR make a change as Finn Allen comes in as the Impact Player to replace Muzarabani, while SRH replace Travis Head with Eshan Malinga.

Rahane gets off the mark with a single off pacer David Payne before Allen goes on an all-out attack.

He slaps the left-arm pacer through the covers for a four to get off the mark and pulls the next through midwicket for another boundary.

Payne goes full as Allen hammers it back over the bowler's head for a six. The pacer goes short which is promptly despatched over midwicket for another six.

The last ball is punched through the covers by Allen who is off to a blazing start with 24 from five balls.

21:27

Muzarabani takes 4 but Klaasen powers SRH to 226

Heinrich Klaasen

SRH 226-8 (20 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Blessing Muzarabani picked up four wickets but Heinrich Klaasen's half-century guided Sunrisers Hyderabad to 226/8 in their 20 overs.

Muzarabani took 4/41 including two wickets in a single to rally KKR after Sunrisers' fiery start in the Powerplay.

Travis Head smashed a quickfire 46 from 21 balls while Abhishek Sharma blasted 48 from 21 balls as the openers put on 82 from 34 balls.

Muzarabani chipped away at the wickets in the middle overs, while Arora picked up 2/47.

Klaasen got SRH back on track as he stroked 52 from 35 balls, putting on 82 from 53 balls for the fifth wicket with Nitish Kumar Reddy, who chipped in with 39 from 24 balls.

Varun Chakravarthy had another poor outing with the ball. He didn't even complete his quota, going wicketless while conceding 31 from two overs bowled.

21:22

Muzarabani takes 4 but Klaasen powers SRH to 226

Blessing Muzarabani celebrates

SRH 226-8 (20 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Muzarabani to bowl the final over. He starts the over with a wide before Klaasen lofts the first ball back over the bowler's head without much timing for two runs.

He smashes the next ball this time with some force through long-on for a four.

A full toss from Muzarabani which Klaasen clips through square leg for a boundary to race to his fifty from 34 balls.

Muzarabani gets revenge next ball as Klaasen swings it high but holes out to Anukul at deep midwicket.

Superb bowling from the Zimbabwean as he outfoxed the well-set Klaasen with a cleverly-disguised slower ball clocked at 104.2kph.

The South African walks back after an aggressive 52 from 35 balls, with four fours and a six.

Shivang Kumar on debut gets of the mark with a boundary, smashing the full toss square through point.

However, Muzarbani ends the innings in grand style with the wicket of Shivang with another slower ball.

Wonderful bowling from Muzarabani as he finishes with excellent figures of 4/41.

SRH finish on a huge 226/8 in their 20 overs -- the highest team total of IPL 2026.

21:15

Vaibhav Arora's double strike dents SRH

SRH 211-6 (19 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Arora checks SRH's charge with the wicket of the well-set Nitish Reddy, who throws his bat at a slower bouncer but ends up slicing a simple catch to deep point.

Reddy is dismissed after a good innings of 39 from 24 balls, having put on 82 from 53 balls with Klaasen -- the highest partnership for SRH for the fifth wicket or lower.

Arora strikes again next ball, with the wicket of his namesake Salil Arora, who is bowled for a first-ball duck.

Vaibhav Arora on a hat-trick! He bowls a wide to new batter Harsh Dubey who then clips a full toss off his pads for a single.

Klaasen gets a single off the short ball before Dubey swipes the pacer over midwicket for a boundary.

21:09

Klaasen, Reddy take SRH past 200

Heinrich Klaasen

SRH 200-4 (18 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Arora comes back into the attack, to bowl the 17th over. SRH are finding it to break free as Arora gives away just three singles off the first five balls.

Reddy ends the over in style as he lofts the last ball straight down the ground for a six, to make it nine from the over.

Tyagi to bowl the 18th over. Klaasen attempts the reverse scoop first ball but misses as the ball narrowly misses the stumps.

However, he gets the shot right next ball scooping the pacer over the thirdman region for a six.

Klaasen picks a single before Reddy slams back to back boundaries off Tyagi, both down the leg side.

Reddy swings at a high full toss but fails to make clean connection. The ball travels to Chakravarthy, who dives forward at deep midwicket but fails to hold on to the catch.

Reddy has reviewed it for a high full toss but the ball is clearly below the waist height.

That single brings up SRH's 200 in 18 overs.

20:57

Klaasen gets SRH back on track

SRH 175-4 (16 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Narine back into the attack. Singles from the first two balls before Reddy slaps the third ball into the covers where Rahane messes up an easy stop to concede a four.

He takes one and Klaasen sweeps the fifth ball fine on the leg side for another boundary.

The South African picks two runs off the last ball courtesy of an overthrow to raise the 50-run stand for the fifth wicket from 35 balls.

Tyagi, who was impressive in his first two overs with his pace, is back into the attack.

He looks to keep it full, trying to bowl yorkers at around 146/147kph not allowing the SRH batters to get under the ball.

Tyagi bowls another superb over, giving away seven runs -- including six singles plus a wide.

20:47

Muzarabani leads KKR's superb fight back

SRH 155-4 (14 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Narine comes back into the attack. Klaasen lofts the first ball inside out over the fielder at covers for a four.

Singles off the next two balls before Klaasen clips the fourth ball off his pads for two runs and then takes a single on the off-side.

Reddy inside edges the last ball on to his pads for a dot as Narine concedes just nine in his third over.

Muzarabani, who was instrumental in KKR's turnaround, is back into the attack.

He bowls another excellent over, conceding just six runs in his third over to ramp up the pressure.

SRH are 155/4 in 14 overs and will target another 60-70 in the remaining six overs.

They will be aware they were unable to defend a 200-plus total against RCB in their first game.

Klaasen could be the key player for SRH in the death overs. His knock could decide SRH's showing in the last six overs.

20:40

SRH lose way after good start

SRH 140-4 (12 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Varun, who was smashed for 25 runs in his opening over, is back into the attack.

He makes a good comeback, conceding six singles in his second over.

SRH will need a few boundaries in the next couple of overs to get back the momentum.

Klaasen will be crucial to SRH's hopes with not much batting to follow.

Anukul keeping things tight as Klaasen flicks the first ball through the gap at midwicket for two runs followed by a wide.

Anukul does well to bowl two dots in a row to Klaasen, who then punches a short ball past point for a couple of runs.

Another wide from the spinner before Klaasen takes one and Reddy plays a nicely-timed drive through the covers to end the over with a four.

20:34

Aniket falls as SRH lose way after good start

Blessing Muzarabani celebrates

SRH 123-4 (10 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Another bowling change by Rahane works wonders for KKR. Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy strikes in his first over with the wicket of Aniket, who lofts it down the ground but is caught by Rinku running to his left at long-off.

Aniket walks back for 1 as SRH slip to 118/4 in 9.2 overs, losing three wickets for seven runs in the space of eight balls.

Singles off the next three balls before Klaasen slaps the last ball past point for two runs.

SRH are struggling on 123/4 in 10 overs.

20:26

Muzarabani's double strike rocks SRH

Kolkata Knight Riders' players celebrate

SRH 118-3 (9 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

The move to bring back Muzarabani pays off for KKR. He strikes with the big wicket of Kishan, who throws his bat at a wide length ball only to hole out to Rinku Singh at deep extra cover, who manages to hold on to a well-judged catch on the edge of the ropes.

Kishan walks back after scoring 14 from nine balls.

Heinrich Klaasen gets off the mark with a single before Muzarabani deals SRH another huge blow with the wicket of Abhishek.

Chakravarthy has taken an outstanding catch running in from deep square leg, taking it inches from the ground.

However, the umpires want to have another look as TV umpire Nitin Menon is asked to review the catch.

The umpire believes Chakravarthy's fingers are underneath the ball as Abhishek walks back in disbelief.

Abhishek is dismissed after a quickfire 48 from 21 balls as SRH lose two wickets in space of three balls.

Muzarabani has got KKR back in the contest with his double strike as SRH are reduced to 112/3 in the ninth over.

Muzarabani misses his line as he bowls a short ball down the leg side with new batter Aniket Verma missing the pull but the ball going fine off his pads for four leg byes.

The next ball is again down the leg side as Aniket misses the swat but it is not ruled a wide. He immediately reviews the decision to not rule it a wide.

There is nothing on the UltraEdge as the decision is reversed and the umpire rules it a wide and Aniket takes one off the last ball.

20:15

Tyagi strikes; Travis Head out for 46

SRH 110-1 (8 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Narine back into the attack as he replaces Varun. A single each to Abhishek and Kishan before the former hits the spinner over the covers for a four.

Narine bowls short as Abhishek swats it over square leg for a six to continue the aggressive start for SRH and takes two runs off the last ball through the off-side to get 14 from the over.

With Chakravarthy struggling, KKR will need an inspired spell in the middle overs from one of their pacers.

Tyagi could be the man to make the difference in the middle overs. He continues after picking up the wicket of Head in his first over.

The first ball is on length and slanted across to beat Kishan on the outside edge. However, he goes short next ball as Kishan pulls it powerfully through square leg for a four to take SRH past 100 in 7.2 overs.

Tyagi is bowling in the high 140s but his line is not spot on. He overpitched and goes wide as Kishan carves it past point for another boundary.

Kishan makes it three in a row as he lofts the full delivery from the pacer over mid-off.

Tyagi ends the over with two dots including a play and miss off the last ball.

20:04

Tyagi strikes; Travis Head out for 46

SRH 84-1 (6 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Pacer Kartik Tyagi comes into the attack -- the fifth bowler used by KKR in the Powerplay.

No stopping Travis Head who smashes the first ball through the covers for a boundary followed by a wide.

Tyagi tries the slower ball but the overpitched delivery is smashed inside out by Head for a six over the covers.

The young Tyagi brings KKR some relief with the key wicket of Head, who mishits the attempted lofted shot and is caught by compatriot Cameron Green at mid-on.

Head walks back after a whirlwind 46 from 21 balls, with three sixes and six fours. He gave SRH a flying start, putting on 82 for opening wicket from just 34 balls with Abhishek (33 from 13 balls).

Head played his part to perfection as he went on the attack in the early overs allowing Abhishek time to get his eye in.

SRH have made a flying start, putting on 84 runs in the Powerplay.

The only way back for KKR is a few wickets in the middle overs mainly through their spinners.

19:56

Abhishek, Head on the attack!

Travis Head

SRH 71-0 (5 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Spin introduced early as Sunil Narine comes into the attack. Abhishek being watchful against the experienced spinner as he keeps out the first two balls before taking a single on the leg side to bring Head back on strike.

Head, on 34 from 16 balls, gets a lifeline as he skies Narine high on the off-side looking to loft it down the ground.

KKR captain Rahane running back from the covers is unable to get to a difficult chance.

A tidy start from Narine as he gives away three runs in his first over inside the Powerplay.

That encourages Rahane to bring in Varun Chakravarthy from the other end.

However, Abhishek goes after his India team-mate. He lofts the first ball high over long-on for a six to welcome Varun to the bowling crease.

Two balls later, he swings the spinner wide of long-on for another six and hammers the third ball over the off-side for a four.

Chakravarthy bowls a wide outside the off-stump before Abhishek steers a wide full delivery past point for a boundary.

Abhishek makes it a hat-trick of fours as he steers the spinner's last ball behind for another boundary.

A horror start for Chakravarthy as Abhishek carts him for 6, 6, 4, 4, 4 to give away 25 in his first over.

19:46

Travis Head gives SRH flying start

SRH 43-0 (3 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

Arora continues as Head smashes the first ball of the third over through the covers for a boundary.

Head on the charge! He hammers the third ball pitched up powerfully back over the bowler's head for a straight six.

Head makes room as Arora follows him but the SRH opener manages to whip it using his wrists to good effect for another six over square leg.

Head again back away and this time he slices the overpitched wide delivery over point for a four followed by a wide as Arora bowls a high bouncer.

Arora makes a good comeback as he beats Head on the inside edge as he again makes room to hit it through the off-side.

Head has smashed his way to 34 from 14 balls to give SRH a flying start.

19:41

Sunrisers Hyderabad off to a flying start

SRH 22-0 (2 ovs) vs KKR | SCORECARD

India's cricketing great Ravi Shastri rings the bell at Eden Gardens to signal the start of play in the IPL 2026 match.

SRH's dangerous left-handed duo of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head walk out to open the batting. For KKR, pacer Vaibhav Arora will open the bowling.

The first ball is on length and outside the line of off-stump as Head leaves.

The left-hander pushes away from the body next ball and is beaten on the outside edge before he gets the next off the outside half for a single to get SRH off the mark.

Abhishek takes a single before Head flicks the last ball through square leg for a four.

Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani from the other end. Abhishek clips the first ball off his pads for one before Head cuts the next for a boundary.

The next ball is short and wide as Head carves it over the off-side for another four and takes one off the next.

Muzarabani poor with his length as he bowls a half-tracker which Abhishek pulls over square leg for a boundary, to get 16 from the over.

19:13

KKR unchanged; SRH bring in Shivang Kumar

Ajinkya Rahane and Ishan Kishan at the toss.

Kolkata Knight Riders are unchanged as they keep faith in the same team despite the defeat against MI in the opening game.

Meanwhile, SRH have brought in spin all-rounder Shivang Kumar as they bolster their bowling attack after the defeat against RCB.

Check out the playing XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (w/k), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani.

Impact Subs: Finn Allen, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Singh, Saurabh Dubey.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (Captain, w/k), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, David Payne.

Impact Subs: Harshal Patel, Liam Livingstone, Eshan Malinga, R Smaran, Sakib Hussain

19:04

'Green will bowl really soon': Rahane

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2026 match in Kolkata on Thursday.

'Usually we don't see much grass on this pitch here, there is some rain around so we wanted to bowl first,' said Rahane at the toss.

'Green is doing everything he needs to do, the physio is looking after him. You will see him bowl really soon,' he added.

Meanwhile, SRH captain Ishan Kishan is hoping for Australia Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins to be available soon.

'I don't know. Hopefully he should recover as soon as possible,' he said.

18:56

Can SRH bounce back against depleted KKR?

Sunrisers Hyderabad suffered a six-wicket thrashing at the hands of RCB in their opening game of IPL 2026.

Except for Ishan Kishan, who smashed 80 from 38 balls, all the other SRH batters flopped against a clinical RCB bowling unit.

SRH's big strength is their power-packed batting line-up and they will be looking towards the likes of Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen to rediscover their form against a depleted KKR bowling attack.

KKR's bowling woes were also exposed against Mumbai Indians. While they posted a huge 220/4 in their 20 overs, their bowling attack was taken to the cleaners by Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton as MI chased down the runs in 19.1 overs.

The major worry for KKR was the performance of their spin twins Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine against MI, both of whom went for plenty.

17:55

Can KKR stop SRH's power-hitters?

Kolkata Knight Riders

Welcome to the coverage of the sixth match of IPL 2026 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

KKR will be desperate for their spinners to rediscover the bite against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match involving two batting-heavy sides.

This fixture also marks the start of a crucial home stretch for three-time champions KKR, who will play three matches in seven days and another on April 19 before the Kolkata leg pauses for nearly a month due to the upcoming assembly polls.

Historically, Eden Gardens has been a stronghold of KKR, winning 54 out of 95 matches since 2008.

However, KKR's start has already hit a few early bumps as expectedly with their thin bowling resources.

They seemed to have assembled a well-rounded pace attack but injuries and availability issues had blunted their firepower.

Harshit Rana and Akash Deep are ruled out, Matheesha Pathirana is yet to get an NOC from Sri Lanka Cricket, and Cameron Green -- their Rs 25.20 crore overseas acquisition -- is currently available only as a batter.

But the bigger worry will be the struggle of spinners -- Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy.

Chakravarthy went wicketless and conceded 48 runs, continuing his profligate ways since the latter part of the T20 World Cup, while Narine bowled just three overs and was introduced only after the Powerplay.

Sunrisers find themselves in a similar position after starting their campaign with a loss to reigning champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

SRH boast a star-studded top order comprising Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Travis Head.

But their bowling looks vulnerable -- especially in the absence of Pat Cummins, who is yet to return to full match fitness -- as they failed to defend 201 against RCB.

The KKR vs SRH IPL rivalry has long been one-sided. In 30 clashes, KKR has dominated with 20 wins, leaving SRH with just 10 victories.

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