KKR vs SRH Highlights IPL 2026: Sunrisers Hyderabad has defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs. This is the first win of Hyderabad team in IPL 2026. In this match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, KKR won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, SRH team scored 226 runs. Kolkata, which came to chase the huge target, could not even play the full 20 overs and was reduced to 161 runs.
Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head created havoc for Sunrisers Hyderabad team. Together they had made an opening partnership of 82 runs in 34 balls. Abhishek played a stormy inning of 48 runs and Travis Head played a stormy inning of 46 runs. On the other hand, Heinrich Klaasen played an inning of 52 runs to take SRH to the score of 226 runs.
KKR faltered on home ground
The Kolkata Knight Riders team, which came to play at its home ground, had a bad start. Finn Allen, who scored a century in 33 balls in the T20 World Cup, batted brilliantly and hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in the very first over. But after scoring 28 runs in 7 balls, he was caught by Harsh Dubey. Captain Ajinkya Rahane also got out after scoring only 8 runs.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi definitely played a fighting inning of 52 runs in 29 balls, who has now gone ahead in the race for Orange Cap. On the other hand, Cameron Green, who was sold for Rs 25.2 crores, flopped for the second consecutive match, he was out after scoring only 2 runs. Rinku Singh also could not save the KKR team from the second consecutive defeat, he played an inning of 35 runs in 25 balls.
Lost 7 wickets in 41 runs
At one time the Kolkata Knight Riders team had scored 120 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 10.5 overs. Victory seemed easy for KKR, but then Angkrish Raghuvanshi was run out on the last ball of the 11th over. It was from here that KKR's troubles started increasing. In the next just 41 runs, Kolkata team lost the remaining seven wickets and the team was all out for 161 runs.
