5 heroes…on the basis of which Sunrisers Hyderabad got their first win of the season, the match turned against KKR like this

New Delhi. Sunrisers Hyderabad did what their fans were eagerly expecting in the IPL. After suffering a crushing defeat in the last match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Hyderabad made a spectacular comeback and defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by a huge margin of 65 runs. With this victory, captain Ishan Kishan not only won the first match of his captaincy, but also took the team's net run rate and morale to the seventh sky. While Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Nitish Reddy and Heinrich Klaasen played an important role in batting in giving Sunrisers their first win of this season, Jaydev Unadkat dominated in bowling. There were five heroes in Hyderabad's victory.

After losing the toss and coming to bat first, Sunrisers Hyderabad's start was no less than a cyclone. The pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head rained fours and sixes all around the field. Although Vaibhav Arora bowled the first over economically, what happened after that shocked the KKR bowlers. Abhishek and Head made a partnership of 82 runs in just 5.4 overs. Hyderabad scored 84 runs in the powerplay, which is the biggest powerplay score so far this season. Ajinkya Rahane also gave life to Travis Head on a personal score of 34, but Karthik Tyagi gave the first relief to KKR by dismissing him on 46 runs (21 balls). Abhishek Sharma scored 48 runs in 21 balls which included four fours and four sixes, while Head hit six fours and three sixes in 21 balls. Both of them gave a great start to Hyderabad.

Clasen's strike
When Hyderabad looked to cross 250 after scoring 100 runs in 7.2 overs, Zimbabwean fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani made a comeback for KKR. After giving 16 runs in his first over, Muzarabani dismissed Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma (48 runs) in the ninth over. After this Anukul Roy dismissed Aniket Verma and made the score 118/4. Klaasen held one end and helped the team score a big score by scoring 52 runs in 35 balls. He hit four fours and one six.

Nitish Reddy played an inning of 39 runs in difficult times.
In difficult times, Nitish Reddy (39) and Heinrich Klaasen took charge. There was a record partnership of 82 runs between the two, which is the biggest partnership for the fifth wicket in the history of Hyderabad. Klaasen stayed till the end and scored 52 runs (35 balls) and took the team's score to 226/8. After batting, Reddy also created a stir in bowling. He took 2 wickets for 17 runs in 2 overs.

Unadkat dominates bowling
Experienced fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat dominated the bowling. He took three big wickets giving 21 runs in 3 overs. Jaydev took the wickets of KKR captain Rahane along with Karthik Tyagi and Varun Chakraborty.

That 'strange' coincidence of 2012
This is the second consecutive defeat of the season for KKR. Interestingly, this is the first time since 2012 that KKR has started its campaign with two consecutive defeats. In 2012 also, they lost the first two matches, but ultimately won the title. Will history repeat itself in 2026 or will KKR's troubles increase further? Only time will tell, but the road ahead is thorny for ninth-placed KKR. At the same time, for Sunrisers Hyderabad, this victory is like a new lifeline, which has given them a chance to make a big jump in the points table.