IPL 2026 KKR vs SRH Playing 11: Ajinkya Rahane-led Kolkata Knight Riders will square off against Ishan Kishan-led Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 6th match of the IPL 2026 on April 02 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Both sides come from a defeat in their opening match of the campaign. SRH suffered a 6-wicket defeat against RCB, and KKR suffered a defeat against the Mumbai Indians.
Both sides has met on 30 occasions where SRH has only 10 wins while KKR has 20 wins. Both sides will be aiming for a win in the game to gain movement in the IPL 2026 points table.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bowl. Speaking at the toss, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane said, “We are going to bowl first. There is always room for improvement but there were a lot of positives. We generally don’t see so much of grass, rain around and that’s why we wanted to bowl first.”
“Not sure with the dew as there’s a breeze going around. It should be good for 40 overs. He (Cam Green) is doing everything he needs to do. He should bowl soon. Going with the same team.”
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Meanwhile, SRH captain Ishan Kishan said, “We would have bowled first. But batting first, we have to see the ball and play accordingly. We have to come up with the best game for us. You have to go out and do the basics right.”
“Only one point I would say is execution, we need to calm even if we are not in a very good situation. We will look to keep it simple in this game. I don’t know yet, but he should be ready soon, he makes a big difference, with the bat as well. We have one change – Shivang comes in, keeping the wicket-taking options open, he has bowled well in the nets and we are giving him an opportunity.”
Meanwhile, check Eden Gardens weather report for the IPL 2026 clash between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad.
IPL 2026 KKR vs SRH Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Playing 11: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w/c), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, David Payne
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