Tata IPL 2026
#TATAIPL-2026-45 : All-Round Kolkata Knight Riders Capitalise On Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Dramatic Batting Collapse To Win By 7 Wickets
What followed there after was a total batting collapse . 8 SRH wickets fell for just 60 runs as KKR spinners Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy and seamers put on the brakes backed by sharp fielding .
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Kolkata Knight Riders came out with a fine all- round game to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in a Tata IPl 2026 encounter in the first match of the double header on sunday. Earlier SRH Skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat first.
SRH openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma began cautiously 44-1, 3.4 overs . Abhishek fell for 15 . Travis Head looked set for a big one and scored a scored a blazing 62 ( 28 balls , 9 fours, 3 sixes) and the total at 105 /2 9 overs. But After Head dismissal there was anti- climax.
What followed there after was a total batting collapse . 8 SRH wickets fell for just 60 runs as KKR spinners Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy and seamers put on the brakes backed by sharp fielding .
SRH were bowled out for the first time this season – 165/10 ( 19 overs) . Ishan Kishan 42, Heinrich Klaasen brilliantly cauch one- handed by Rovman Powell off Cameron Green, Smaran Ravichandran 4, Aniket Verma 6 , Salil Arora 2, Skipper Pat Cummins 10, Shivang Kumar 1, Harshal Patel 6 , Eshan Malinga 2.
KK Bowling : Sunil Narine 2/31 ( 4 overs), Vaibhav Arora 1/25 ( 3 overs), Kartik Tyagi 2/30 ( 4 overs), Cameron Green 1/34 ( 3 overs), Varun Chakaravarthy 3/36 ( 40vers), Anukul Roy 1/8 ( 1 over)
In reply KKR were steady , Skipper Ajinkya Rahane opened with back again Kiwi Finn Allen . The duo put on 49-1, 4 overs . Allen scored 29 ( 13 balls , 3 fours 2 sixes) . Rahane was solid 43 ( 36 balls , 4 fours, 1 six). Angkrish Raghuvanshi was brilliant in his power- packed 59 ( 47 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes). Rinku Singh not out 22 ( 11 balls , 2 fours, 1 six), Cameron Green not out 3 saw KK home with ease 169/3 in 18. 2 overs
SRH Bowling : Pat Cummins 1/47 ( 4 overs), Abhishek Sharma 0/14 ( 2 overs), Eshan Malinga 0/42 ( 3.2 overs), Shivang Kumar 1/31 ( 4 overs), Harshal Patel 0/17 ( 2 overs), Sakib Hussain 1/17 ( 3 overs)
Match: IPL 2026, 45th Match
Venue: Hyderabad | Date: May 03, 2026