KKR vs SRH: Sunrisers Hyderabad Crush Kolkata Knight Riders By 65 runs In Dominant IPL Show

KKR vs SRH IPL 2026: Heinrich Klaasen smashed a match-winning half-century and helped Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs at Eden Gardens on Thursday. While batting first, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma stitched a partnership of 82 runs for the first wicket, whereas Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy then provided the late surge and helped SRH post a mammoth target of 226 runs.

While chasing, the Ajinkya Rahane-led side were skittled out for 161 runs, with Angkrish Raghuvanshi their highest run-scorer, scoring a brilliant 52 off 29 balls.

Blessing Muzarabani was the pick among the KKR bowlers as he registered brilliant figures of 4/41 whereas Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi and Anukul Roy also took wickets at regular intervals.

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Jaydev Unadkat was the pick among the SRH bowlers as he took three wickets, whereas Nitish Kumar Reddy and Eshan Malinga took wickets apiece.

Brief Scores:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 226 for 8 in 20 overs (Heinrich Klaasen 52; Blessing Muzarabani 4/41).

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Kolkata Knight Riders: 161 all out in 16 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 52; Jaydev Unadkat 3/21, Nitish Kumar Reddy 2/17, Eshan Malinga 2/14).