We’ve got another double-header Sunday in the 2026 edition of the Tata IPL—and it’s a good one.
Two exciting matches lined up. The first sees the in-form Orange Army, Sunrisers Hyderabad, take on the Kolkata Knight Riders in the City of Pearls this afternoon. The second clash shifts to the biggest cricket stadium in the world, where table-toppers Punjab Kings face Gujarat Titans, who have finally found some stability after wins against CSK and RCB.
Two crucial games on the cards—let’s begin with the preview for the first one.
Expected Playing 11:
SRH:
- Abhishek Sharma
- Travis Head
- Ishan Kishan
- Heinrich Klassen
- Aniket Verma
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Salil Arora (WK)
- Pat Cummins (C)
- Eshan Malinga
- Shivang Kumar
- Praful Hinge
Impact Player- Sakib Hussain
KKR:
- Ajinkhya Rahane (C)
- Finn Allen (WK)
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi
- Cameron Green
- Rinku Singh
- Anukul Roy
- Ramandeep Singh
- Sunil Narine
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Kartik Tyagi
- Matheesha Pathirana
Impact Player- Vaibhav Arora
Head to Head:
| Matches- | 31 |
| SRH Won- | 20 |
| KKR Won- | 11 |
| No Result- | 0 |
Pitch and Weather Conditions:
The match will be played on the same pitch that hosted the SRH vs RR game on April 13. All three completed matches before this season on this wicket were won chasing, while in the match against RR, SRH defended 216, with fast bowlers Hinge and Sakib sharing eight wickets. It is expected to be a scorching afternoon in Hyderabad, with temperatures hitting a high of 39 degree Celcius.
-ESPN CricInfo
Prediction:
Both teams come into this game with some momentum, but SRH’s momentum clearly outweighs KKR’s. After a shaky start to the season, SRH have made a brilliant comeback, winning five on the trot and hitting top form at the right time. What makes them even more dangerous is that their openers—Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma—are back in full flow. We saw a glimpse of their destructive batting against MI.
SRH look like a lethal side right now, and we’re backing them to take the win against KKR.
Why? Because while KKR have picked up a few points and are climbing the table, their performances haven’t been convincing. Against RR, they needed the final over to chase 160, and against LSG, they managed just 155 in the first innings. That total largely came down to Rinku Singh’s 83* off 51 balls—he scored more than half of the team’s runs.
Against a team like SRH, who can cross 230 with ease, your batting needs to be far more explosive. Alternatively, your bowlers need to strike early and remove SRH’s top order—but with their current form, that’s far easier said than done.
Good luck to both teams.
If you want to see Travishek back in action in SRH’s home turf, then tune into JioHotstar at 3:30 PM IST.
Until next time!
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