KKR vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2026: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi seal dominant seven-wicket win over SRH

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Kartik Tyagi goes full, on off, Travis Head swings hard but miscues it off the inner half to mid-wicket. A brilliant start from SRH. They are 71/1 at the end of Powerplay.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, Good length again, on leg, Ishan Kishan tucks it to square leg for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Perfect placement from Ishan Kishan! Hard length, outside off, Ishan Kishan reads it well and steers it in the gap through backward point for a boundary.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Ishan Kishan joins the party now! Back of a length, on middle and leg, Ishan Kishan winds up and pulls it over backward square leg for a flat six.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Nice and full, on off, Travis Head digs it down the ground for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Back of a length, on off, Travis Head slaps it but finds the cover fielder.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, Slightly shorter, on off, Travis Head turns it to square leg for a single. Not a convincing over from Cameron Green. 14 runs coming off it.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, FOUR AGAIN! A hat-trick of boundaries from Head! Not exactly where he intended, but he will take it. Hard length, on middle and leg, Travis Head tries to pull it but gets it off the inside half of his bat. The ball races through backward square leg for yet another boundary.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, FOUR MORE! Back-to-back from Travis Head! Slightly shorter again, outside off, Travis Head stays back and pumps it over extra cover for yet another boundary.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, FOUR! The onslaught continues from Travis Head! Back of a length, outside off, Travis Head picks it well and chips it magnificently over extra cover for a boundary. The 50 is up for SRH.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, On a good length, just outside off, Ishan Kishan stays back and steers it through backward point for a single.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green starts with a dot. He bowls a back-of-a-length delivery, on off, Ishan Kishan hops a bit and blocks it to cover.

Cameron Green replaces Sunil Narine in the attack.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, At the hips, Ishan goes back and just glances it through the fine leg region for a run.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, Oh, that could have gone anywhere! Seam-up ball, on a short of a good length, on leg. Kishan closes the bat face to work it away on the leg side with a closed bat face. The ball seems to have stopped in the surface. It pops up off a leading edge and goes well over the bowler's head before dropping just behind the umpire.

Ishan Kishan replaces Abhishek out in the middle. 

Kartik Tyagi to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! A much-needed breakthrough for KKR. At 144.4 kph, Tyagi goes short and keeps it on middle and leg. Abhishek hangs on the back foot and swivels a bit for the pull. He is cramped for space and ends up spooning it off the upper half of the blade in front of square. Cameron Green moves to his left from mid-wicket and takes a reverse cup catch around his head.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Following the batter with a good-length delivery. Head flicks it behind square leg and gets to the other end.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Wide! Pace off and into the surface, over off. Head backs away to go up and over the in-field on the off side but misses. Wide given for height. Tyagi is not happy with the wide call but KKR do not challenge the call. To be fair, it did not look to be going over the head in real-time.

Kartik Tyagi to Abhishek Sharma, A good short ball at the bodyline of the batter, denying him the room. Abhishek is rushed and he mistimes the pull through square leg for a run.

Kartik Tyagi to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Streaky! Pushed across the left-hander, on a back of a length. Abhishek Sharma swings for the hills, looking to go down the ground. The ball flies off the outer half over the man at short third and goes away into the fence.

Kartik Tyagi comes in to replace Vaibhav Arora. 

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Sunil drops it short, on middle, that is cut away but straight to the fielder at point.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, FOUR! The runs continue to flow. Narine serves it full, on middle and leg. Head clears the front leg and swings through the line. Smears it over wide mid on and the deep mid-wicket fielder stands no chance.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, SIX! All the way! Flighted delivery, a little too straight, on the pads, on a length. Head sinks to a knee and plays the sweep over deep square leg for a six.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Shorter and on off, Travis gets on the back foot and punches it well but picks out the cover fielder.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Around middle and leg, on a good length. Head punches it to mid on.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, On a length, on leg, Sharma clips it wide of mid-wicket for a single.

The fireworks have begun in Hyderabad. Head has smoked Vaibhav to all the corners of the park. 17 runs came off this over. 

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, FOUR! A hat-trick of boundaries from the Aussie. Vaibhav continues to be on the shorter side, over off. Head hops to get on top of the bounce and hits it all along the ground. Pulls it to the right of deep square leg for the fourth boundary of the over. 17 runs off Arora's first over.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, FOUR! A cleaner strike this time! Arora switches to around the wicket and bashes the hard length, on off. Travis rocks back and pulls it aerially over mid-wicket for another boundary.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, FOUR! Not off the middle but Head will take it. Width offered by Arora, on a back of a good length. Head leans back to flay it away. He does not quite get hold of it but he hits it well from deep point to his left for four more.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, Dug in short by Arora, across off. Head is early into the pull and drags it towards without much timing to mid-wicket.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, FOUR! Off to the fence in a flash! Not that bad a ball, if anything, slightly too short, just outside the off stump. Head rises on his toes and forces it away through backward point, beating the man in the deep to his right.

Vaibhav Arora to Abhishek Sharma, Angling away, on a good length. Abhishek waits back and steers it to the right of backward point with an open bat face. They cross.

Pacer to operate from the other side. Vaibhav Arora will be bowling from the other end. 

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, This spins back in and catches Abhishek by surprise. One hand comes off the bat handle as Sharma pushes this short ball away to the left of cover and picks up a single. 9 runs off the first over of the game.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Tighter line and quicker too. On top of off, on a nagging length. Abhishek stabs it down on the off side.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Abhishek Sharma tees off! Narine drags the length back and this is outside the off stump. Sharma is allowed to free his arms and he stands tall to dispatch it over wide long on for a biggie.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Floated up, across off, Head extends his hands and eases the drive to wide long off. He also opens his account with a single.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, This is shorter and on off. Sharma gets on top of the bounce and punches it to long off for a single. Abhishek and SRH are underway.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Right on the money! Starts with an off-break, full and in line with the off stump. Abhishek brings his bat out in front and watchfully defends.

We are all set for what has all the ingredients of being an exciting contest. The dynamic opening pair of SRH, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have walked in the middle to open for the home side. It will be Sunil Narine to open proceedings for Kolkata Knight Riders with the ball. Interesting change by KKR. Abhishek to face the first ball. A slip in place. Here we go!

The skipper of the Kolkata Knight Riders - Ajinkya Rahane says they were looking to bat first as well. Rahane adds that the break before this game has certainly helped the side to look into themselves and regroup a bit better. Rahane informs that Finn Allen is back in place of Tim Seifert, and Manish Pandey plays his first game of the season, with Ramandeep Singh making way.

The captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad - Pat Cummins says that they will bat first. He adds that the pitch looks good, and it is quite hot, so they want to put runs on the board. Adds that the young guys have stepped up and done well, and everyone is giving their best. He reckons that they will try to keep on winning games. Pat ends by mentioning that Nitish Kumar Reddy misses out due to an illness, and Ravichandran Smaran comes in. There is another change with Harshal Patel coming in for Harsh Dubey.

Impact sub options for KKR - Finn Allen, Ramandeep Singh, Tejasvi Singh, Navdeep Saini and Tim Seifert. 

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI) - Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (WK), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey (In for Ramandeep Singh), Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakaravarthy.

Impact sub options for SRH - Harsh Dubey, Praful Hinge, Liam Livingstone, Sakib Hussain and Zeeshan Ansari.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI) - Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (WK), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Ravichandran Smaran (On IPL debut) (In for Nitish Kumar Reddy), Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel (In for Harsh Dubey), Shivang Kumar and Eshan Malinga.