Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard · IPL 2026
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Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Hyderabad, India
Based on the last 30 T20 matches at this venue (since May 2018). 2 rain-affected matches excluded.
Recent Matches at This Venue
| Match | 1st Inn | 2nd Inn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRH vs CSK 18 Apr 2026 | 194/9 (20) | 184/8 (20) | 378 |
| SRH vs DC 21 Apr 2026 | 242/2 (20) | 195/9 (20) | 437 |
| SRH vs KKR 03 May 2026 | 165/10 (19) | 169/3 (18.2) | 334 |
| SRH vs PBKS 06 May 2026 | 235/4 (20) | 202/7 (20) | 437 |
| SRH vs RCB 22 May 2026 | 255/4 (20) | 200/4 (20) | 455 |
SRH at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Top Scorer
David Warner
1293 runs
Top Wicket-Taker
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
34 wkts
KKR at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Top Scorer
Robin Uthappa
136 runs
Top Wicket-Taker
Prasidh Krishna
4 wkts
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Projected Win Probability
Sunrisers Hyderabad
| Player | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ovrs | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Head | 29.3 | 18 | 163.8 | 3.5 | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | - | 0.0 | 64.0 |
| Ishan Kishan | 31.6 | 17 | 185.6 | 3.3 | 1.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | 0.1 | 73.8 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 37.8 | 19 | 199.3 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 5 | 11.1 | 0.5 | - | - | 90.0 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 34.3 | 22 | 153.3 | 2.5 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 0.1 | 72.4 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | 24.2 | 17 | 144.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 14 | 10.5 | 0.6 | - | 0.1 | 71.9 |
| Salil Arora | 14.0 | 8 | 179.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 33.0 |
| Sakib Hussain | 10.1 | 8 | 130.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 38 | 10.1 | 0.2 | - | - | 95.4 |
| Pat Cummins | 12.0 | 9 | 140.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 34 | 9.1 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 79.4 |
| Harsh Dubey | 3.6 | 3 | 127.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0.3 | - | - | 67.3 |
| Eshan Malinga | 5.1 | 5 | 110.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 34 | 9.6 | 0.4 | - | 0.2 | 98.5 |
| Praful Hinge | 5.1 | 5 | 110.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 45 | 11.5 | 0.2 | - | - | 89.8 |
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| David Payne | 3.7 | 3 | 113.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 29 | 7.9 | 0.3 | - | - | 87.3 |
| Brydon Carse | 10.2 | 8 | 131.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 28 | 9.2 | 0.5 | - | - | 78.8 |
| Harshal Patel | 5.0 | 5 | 92.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 35 | 10.6 | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | 70.5 |
| Shivam Mavi | 6.4 | 6 | 110.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 28 | 9.2 | 0.6 | - | 0.0 | 70.0 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 8.3 | 7 | 124.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 31 | 9.8 | 0.3 | - | 0.1 | 69.6 |
| Liam Livingstone | 21.0 | 15 | 141.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 15 | 10.4 | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 67.7 |
| Dilshan Madushanka | 0.4 | 2 | 21.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 34 | 10.0 | 0.3 | - | 0.1 | 55.7 |
| Shivang Kumar | 6.4 | 5 | 129.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 32 | 10.3 | 0.0 | - | 0.1 | 53.5 |
| Kamindu Mendis | 17.6 | 13 | 137.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 8 | 8.7 | 0.5 | - | 0.1 | 52.5 |
| Zeeshan Ansari | 5.1 | 5 | 110.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 33 | 10.0 | 0.4 | - | - | 49.6 |
| Onkar Tarmale | 5.1 | 5 | 110.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 27 | 7.6 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 48.4 |
| Amit Kumar | 5.1 | 5 | 110.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 27 | 7.6 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 48.4 |
| Krains Bhaveshbhai Fuletra | 5.1 | 5 | 110.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 27 | 7.6 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 48.4 |
| Ravichandran Smaran | 18.2 | 14 | 135.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 39.7 |
| Aniket Verma | 14.0 | 9 | 161.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | 33.2 |
Kolkata Knight Riders
| Player | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ovrs | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajinkya Rahane | 26.2 | 19 | 138.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 53.5 |
| Tim Seifert | 28.4 | 18 | 155.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | 0.1 | 63.6 |
| Cameron Green | 25.7 | 17 | 149.4 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 16 | 10.2 | 0.8 | - | 0.0 | 82.5 |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | 25.8 | 18 | 141.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | - | 52.9 |
| Rovman Powell | 21.6 | 15 | 144.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 47.2 |
| Sunil Narine | 12.3 | 9 | 140.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 26 | 6.6 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 81.3 |
| Rinku Singh | 19.6 | 14 | 141.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | 0.0 | 49.4 |
| Ramandeep Singh | 11.2 | 8 | 144.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 0.0 | 27.8 |
| Anukul Roy | 5.8 | 4 | 132.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 17 | 10.1 | 0.5 | - | 0.1 | 40.5 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 0.4 | 1 | 28.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 32 | 8.8 | 0.3 | - | - | 75.6 |
| Kartik Tyagi | 3.1 | 3 | 98.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 40 | 11.1 | 0.2 | - | - | 57.8 |
| Vaibhav Arora | 0.8 | 2 | 35.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 37 | 10.6 | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | 67.6 |
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| Mustafizur Rahman | 2.7 | 4 | 75.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 29 | 7.4 | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | 94.6 |
| Blessing Muzarabani | 2.0 | 3 | 69.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 32 | 8.6 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 88.3 |
| Finn Allen | 33.6 | 17 | 197.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 0.0 | 76.7 |
| Matheesha Pathirana | 1.7 | 3 | 67.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 31 | 9.7 | 0.2 | - | - | 70.0 |
| Rachin Ravindra | 19.2 | 14 | 140.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 9 | 8.8 | 0.4 | - | 0.0 | 66.4 |
| Umran Malik | 4.3 | 3 | 163.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 33 | 11.5 | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | 63.5 |
| Navdeep Saini | 4.8 | 5 | 95.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 33 | 10.1 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 57.4 |
| Daksh Kamra | 9.5 | 8 | 130.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 28 | 8.1 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 55.5 |
| Prashant Solanki | 4.7 | 5 | 110.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 26 | 8.0 | 0.0 | - | - | 50.5 |
| Saurabh Dubey | 4.7 | 5 | 110.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 28 | 8.1 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 47.6 |
| Manish Pandey | 22.6 | 18 | 122.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 44.8 |
| Rahul Tripathi | 18.3 | 14 | 134.2 | 1.9 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | - | 40.1 |
| Sarthak Ranjan | 17.1 | 13 | 135.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 37.7 |
| Tejasvi Dahiya | 17.1 | 13 | 135.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 37.7 |
Projected Player Points
| Player | Team | PP | D11 Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eshan Malinga | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 48.8 | 98.5 |
| Sakib Hussain | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 47.6 | 95.4 |
| Praful Hinge | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 45.7 | 89.8 |
| Cameron Green | Kolkata Knight Riders | 45.1 | 82.5 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Kolkata Knight Riders | 43.9 | 94.6 |
| Abhishek Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 43.8 | 90.0 |
| David Payne | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 41.1 | 87.3 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 40.5 | 72.4 |
| Blessing Muzarabani | Kolkata Knight Riders | 40.1 | 88.3 |
| Brydon Carse | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 39.9 | 78.8 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 38.4 | 71.9 |
| Finn Allen | Kolkata Knight Riders | 37.1 | 76.7 |
| Pat Cummins | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 36.9 | 79.4 |
| Ishan Kishan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 36.7 | 73.8 |
| Liam Livingstone | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 35.8 | 67.7 |
| Rachin Ravindra | Kolkata Knight Riders | 35.2 | 66.4 |
| Shivam Mavi | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 34.8 | 70.0 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | Kolkata Knight Riders | 34.5 | 75.6 |
| Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | 34.0 | 81.3 |
| Harshal Patel | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 33.7 | 70.5 |
| Tim Seifert | Kolkata Knight Riders | 33.0 | 63.6 |
| Matheesha Pathirana | Kolkata Knight Riders | 32.9 | 70.0 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 32.8 | 69.6 |
| Harsh Dubey | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 32.1 | 67.3 |
| Umran Malik | Kolkata Knight Riders | 31.6 | 63.5 |
| Rinku Singh | Kolkata Knight Riders | 31.5 | 49.4 |
| Vaibhav Arora | Kolkata Knight Riders | 31.4 | 67.6 |
| Travis Head | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 30.1 | 64.0 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Kolkata Knight Riders | 29.3 | 53.5 |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 28.8 | 52.9 |
| Kamindu Mendis | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 28.0 | 52.5 |
| Manish Pandey | Kolkata Knight Riders | 27.8 | 44.8 |
| Kartik Tyagi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 27.4 | 57.8 |
| Navdeep Saini | Kolkata Knight Riders | 27.0 | 57.4 |
| Rovman Powell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 26.2 | 47.2 |
| Dilshan Madushanka | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 24.5 | 55.7 |
| Daksh Kamra | Kolkata Knight Riders | 22.5 | 55.5 |
| Shivang Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 22.2 | 53.5 |
| Zeeshan Ansari | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 21.5 | 49.6 |
| Rahul Tripathi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 21.4 | 40.1 |
| Ravichandran Smaran | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 21.2 | 39.7 |
| Anukul Roy | Kolkata Knight Riders | 20.3 | 40.5 |
| Sarthak Ranjan | Kolkata Knight Riders | 20.1 | 37.7 |
| Tejasvi Dahiya | Kolkata Knight Riders | 20.1 | 37.7 |
| Aniket Verma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 19.8 | 33.2 |
| Prashant Solanki | Kolkata Knight Riders | 19.4 | 50.5 |
| Salil Arora | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 18.3 | 33.0 |
| Onkar Tarmale | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 18.1 | 48.4 |
| Amit Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 18.1 | 48.4 |
| Krains Bhaveshbhai Fuletra | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 18.1 | 48.4 |
| Saurabh Dubey | Kolkata Knight Riders | 17.7 | 47.6 |
| Ramandeep Singh | Kolkata Knight Riders | 17.6 | 27.8 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad · Innings 1
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Sharma | c Cameron Green b Kartik Tyagi | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 150 |
| Travis Head | c Cameron Green b Varun Chakaravarthy | 61 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 217.86 |
| Ishan Kishan (wk) | c Anukul Roy b Sunil Narine | 42 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 144.83 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | c Rovman Powell b Cameron Green | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 137.5 |
| Ravichandran Smaran | c Ajinkya Rahane b Varun Chakaravarthy | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Aniket Verma | c Ajinkya Rahane b Varun Chakaravarthy | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| Salil Arora | b Sunil Narine | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Pat Cummins (c) | c Anukul Roy b Anukul Roy | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 125 |
| Shivang Kumar | c Angkrish Raghuvanshi b Vaibhav Arora | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Harshal Patel | c Vaibhav Arora b Kartik Tyagi | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120 |
| Eshan Malinga | not out | 2* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
Kolkata Knight Riders · Bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaibhav Arora | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Kartik Tyagi | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Cameron Green | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 11.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 4 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Anukul Roy | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Kolkata Knight Riders · Innings 2
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajinkya Rahane (c) | c Ravichandran Smaran b Sakib Hussain | 43 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 119.44 |
| Finn Allen | c Heinrich Klaasen b Pat Cummins | 29 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 223.08 |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk) | c Eshan Malinga b Shivang Kumar | 59 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 125.53 |
| Rinku Singh | not out | 22* | 11 | 2 | 1 | 200 |
| Cameron Green | not out | 3* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad · Bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Sharma | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Cummins (c) | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 11.75 | 7 | 0 |
| Eshan Malinga | 3.2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 13.13 | 2 | 0 |
| Shivang Kumar | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Harshal Patel | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Sakib Hussain | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5.67 | 2 | 0 |
Statz Rating
A contextual performance score measuring each player's overall impact in the match. Scaled against the season so ratings are directly comparable across fixtures.
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Travis Head
SRH
|
100.0 |
| 2 |
Varun Chakaravarthy
KKR
|
70.1 |
| 3 |
Finn Allen
KKR
|
62.2 |
| 4 |
Sunil Narine
KKR
|
58.2 |
| 5 |
Angkrish Raghuvanshi
KKR
|
54.8 |
| 6 |
Ishan Kishan
SRH
|
52.8 |
| 7 |
Kartik Tyagi
KKR
|
52.1 |
| 8 |
Rinku Singh
KKR
|
49.5 |
| 9 |
Sakib Hussain
SRH
|
46.4 |
| 10 |
Ajinkya Rahane
KKR
|
41.5 |
| 11 |
Pat Cummins
SRH
|
40.3 |
| 12 |
Shivang Kumar
SRH
|
39.7 |
| 13 |
Abhishek Sharma
SRH
|
38.2 |
| 14 |
Cameron Green
KKR
|
22.7 |
| 15 |
Vaibhav Arora
KKR
|
21.9 |
| 16 |
Heinrich Klaasen
SRH
|
17.3 |
| 17 |
Harshal Patel
SRH
|
14.0 |
| 18 |
Anukul Roy
KKR
|
9.3 |
| 19 |
Eshan Malinga
SRH
|
7.5 |
| 20 |
Aniket Verma
SRH
|
6.9 |
| 21 |
Ravichandran Smaran
SRH
|
3.2 |
| 22 |
Salil Arora
SRH
|
1.9 |
How Statz Rating works:
- Each player receives a contextual match impact score based on their all-round contribution — batting, bowling, and situational factors.
- Ratings are scaled against the season benchmark so they are directly comparable across fixtures and to the season leaderboard.
- A typical top performer scores around 100. Exceptional performances can exceed 100.
SRH vs KKR – Indian Premier League 2026 Match Report | Statz
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. It was the 45th match of 74 in the Indian Premier League 2026 Regular Season – and for KKR, a statement win that does little to shift their precarious playoff position.
First Innings – Sunrisers Hyderabad: 165 all out (19 overs)
SRH chose to bat after winning the toss and got off to a flyer. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma put on a rapid opening stand, racing to 44 inside 4 overs before Sharma fell caught for 15 off 10. Head was in full flow – 61 off 28 balls, including 9 fours and 3 sixes at a strike rate of 218. He fell caught at 105/2 in over 8.6, the partnership with Sharma having set a platform worth building on.
Ishan Kishan joined and kept the tempo honest with 42 off 29, before being caught at 148/3 in over 15.6. From there, SRH lost momentum badly. Heinrich Klaasen went for 11, Aniket Verma scraped 6, and the tail contributed little. All out for 165 in 19 overs – a score that felt below par given the start.
For KKR, Varun Chakaravarthy was the pick of the bowlers with 3/36 from 4 overs. Kartik Tyagi took 2/30 at 7.5 economy, and Sunil Narine was tidy with 2/31 from his 4 overs.
Second Innings – Kolkata Knight Riders: 169/3 (18.2 overs)
KKR never looked in trouble chasing 166. Finn Allen blasted 29 off 13 in the powerplay before falling caught at 49/1 in over 3.6. Ajinkya Rahane anchored the chase with a measured 43 off 36, surviving until 133/2 in over 14.6. The key contribution came from Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who made 59 off 47 to give KKR control throughout the middle overs. Rinku Singh finished it off unbeaten on 22 off 11. KKR cantered home with 10 balls to spare.
SRH’s bowlers struggled for penetration. Pat Cummins gave away 47 runs in 4 overs including 7 wides, and Eshan Malinga went for 42 in 3.2. Sakib Hussain was the best of them with 1/17 from 3 overs at 5.67 economy.
Statz MVP – Travis Head
Statz calculates impact based on match context. Travis Head comes out on top with a Statz Rating of 99.92 – his 61 off 28 at the top of the order was the defining innings of the first innings, setting SRH’s total single-handedly before his side let it slip.
The official Man of the Match went to Varun Chakaravarthy. Statz rates Chakaravarthy at 70.04 – a strong performance, but Head’s explosive batting impact on match context gives him the Statz MVP. A fine individual showing on the losing side.
Top 5 Statz Ratings
- Travis Head (SRH) – 99.92 – Explosive 61 off 28 defined the SRH innings and set the entire total
- Varun Chakaravarthy (KKR) – 70.04 – 3/36 dismantled SRH’s middle order and won the official MoM
- Finn Allen (KKR) – 62.16 – Powerplay blitz of 29 off 13 set up the chase from ball one
- Sunil Narine (KKR) – 58.10 – Controlled 2/31 from 4 overs kept SRH’s scoring in check
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi (KKR) – 54.77 – 59 off 47 provided the composure to seal the chase
Turning Point
The dismissal of Travis Head – caught at 105/2 in over 8.6, bowled by Varun Chakaravarthy – was the moment that changed the match. SRH were perfectly positioned for 190+. Head’s exit stopped the run flow and the remaining batters could not find the same gear. The innings finished 25 runs short of what that start warranted.
Match Context
After 10 games, Sunrisers Hyderabad sit 3rd in the IPL 2026 table with 12 points (W6 L4, NRR +0.644). They remain in playoff contention but this defeat to a bottom-half side stings – Punjab Kings and RCB sit above them with better run rates, and games are running out.
Kolkata Knight Riders move to 7 points from 9 games (W3 L5 NR1) in 8th place. This win provides brief relief but KKR face a mountain to reach the top four. A remarkable run of results would be needed to make the playoffs from here.
Full scorecard: statz.ai/cricket/fixtures/69639/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-kolkata-knight-riders/scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders: result and key facts
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) in IPL 2026 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on 3 May 2026. Travis Head top-scored with 61 off 28 balls and Varun Chakaravarthy took 3/36.
Frequently asked questions
Who won Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders?
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets (with 10 balls remaining).
When and where was Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders played?
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday 3 May 2026, in IPL 2026.
What were the final scores in Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders?
Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 165/10 in 19 overs. Kolkata Knight Riders scored 169/3 in 18.2 overs.
Who was the Statz MVP in Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders?
Travis Head was named Statz MVP, earning a Statz Rating of 100/100. The Statz Rating combines batting impact, bowling impact and match context.
Who was the top run-scorer in Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders?
Travis Head top-scored with 61 off 28 balls.
Who took the most wickets in Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders?
Varun Chakaravarthy took 3/36 in 4 overs.
Who played in Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders?
Sunrisers Hyderabad XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Ravichandran Smaran, Aniket Verma, Salil Arora, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga. Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.