Kolkata Knight Riders are up against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an important IPL 2026 encounter on Thursday (April 2) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Both teams started their campaign with defeats and would be desperate to get their first victory of the season. The Knight Riders will play their first match at home this season, while the Orange Army continue their venture on the road.
KKR vs SRH IPL 2026 Schedule
Date: Thursday, April 2
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Captains: Ajinkya Rahane (KKR), Ishan Kishan (SRH)
Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026 Full Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh (vc), Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Cameron Green, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Blessing Muzarabani, Matheesha Pathirana, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Manish Pandey,
Rovman Powell, Rahul Tripathi, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Umran Malik, Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Dubey, Anukul Roy, Sarthak Ranjan, Tejasvi Dahiya, Daksh Kamra, Prashant Solanki.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan (c) (wk), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, David Payne, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Shivang Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain, Shivam Mavi, Zeeshan Ansari, Kamindu Mendis, Brydon Carse, Praful Hinge, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar
KKR vs SRH Predicted Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (WK), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (C & WK), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Liam Livingstone, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga
KKR vs SRH Fantasy Picks
- Abhishek Sharma and Finn Allen are likely big scorers and they can be in the team.
- Sunil Narine holds the record for most wickets at Eden Gardens, which makes him an obvious choice.
- Keep Cameron Green in the squad as he may roar in front of the home crowd.
KKR vs SRH Dream11 Prediction
Here are the KKR vs SRH Dream 11 Fantasy teams-
KKR vs SRH Dream11 Team 1
WK: Ishan Kishan (SRH), Finn Allen (KKR), Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)
BAT: Abhishek Sharma (SRH), Travis Head (SRH), Rinku Singh (KKR)
ALR: Cameron Green (KKR), Sunil Narine (KKR)
BOWL: Varun Chakravarthy (KKR), Vaibhav Arora (KKR), Harshal Patel (SRH)
Captain: Abhishek Sharma, Vice-Captain: Sunil Narine
KKR vs SRH Dream11 Team 2
WK: Ishan Kishan (SRH), Finn Allen (KKR)
BAT: Abhishek Sharma (SRH), Travis Head (SRH), Rinku Singh (KKR), Ajinkya Rahane (KKR)
ALR: Cameron Green (KKR), Sunil Narine (KKR), Nitish Reddy (SRH)
BOWL: Varun Chakravarthy (KKR), Harshal Patel (SRH)
Captain: Ishan Kishan, Vice-Captain: Cameron Green
