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 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Team and Injury News
The Kolkata Knight Riders enter the tournament marred with injuries. The focus will be on their newly revamped core featuring explosive talents like Finn Allen and the versatile Cameron Green. Ajinkya Rahane is fully fit and ready to lead, while the spin
duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy remains the spearhead of the attack. Amid the long list of injuries, Matheesha Pathirana's potential season-ending injury is another huge cause for concern.
The Sunrisers have retained their explosive top order, heavily reliant on the electric starts provided by Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head. Pat Cummins continues to miss out as the Australian is yet to recover from his injury. From the defeat last match, SRH may bring a couple of changes as Liam Livingstone may get a game. David Payne may also be replaced as Sri Lankan all-rounder Kamindu Mendis can be a viable option at the Eden Gardens.
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
