Kolkata Knight Riders will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 6th match of IPL 2026 on April 2nd at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata starting at 7:30 PM. Ajinkya Rahane will lead KKR, while Ishan Kishan will captain SRH in this match.
There are fantastic players across the two squads and you can expect great performances from players such as Ishan Kishan, Finn Allen, Cameron Green and Abhishek Sharma. It will be interesting to see what their final predicted playing XI looks like prior to events both sides play at this significant event.
Match Details
| Details | Information |
|---|---|
| Match | 6th T20 |
| Teams | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Date | 2 April (Thursday) |
| Time | 7:30 PM |
| Venue | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Tournament | IPL 2026 |
| Broadcast | Star Sports Network, JioHotstar |
KKR vs SRH – Full Squad
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Role | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajinkya Rahane (C) | Batter | Travis Head ✈️ | Batter |
| Finn Allen ✈️ | Batter | Abhishek Sharma | All Rounder |
| Cameron Green ✈️ | All Rounder | Ishan Kishan (C, WK) | Batter |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Batter | Nitish Kumar Reddy | All Rounder |
| Rinku Singh | Batter | Heinrich Klaasen ✈️ | Batter |
| Ramandeep Singh | All Rounder | Salil Arora | Batter |
| Anukul Roy | All Rounder | Aniket Verma | Batter |
| Sunil Narine ✈️ | All Rounder | Harsh Dubey | All Rounder |
| Vaibhav Arora | Bowler | Harshal Patel | Bowler |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | Bowler | David Payne ✈️ | Bowler |
| Blessing Muzarabani ✈️ | Bowler | Jaydev Unadkat | Bowler |
| Kartik Tyagi | Bowler | Eshan Malinga ✈️ | Bowler |
| Rovman Powell ✈️ | Batter | Smaran Ravichandran | Batter |
| Manish Pandey | Batter | Kamindu Mendis ✈️ | All Rounder |
| Umran Malik | Bowler | Brydon Carse ✈️ | All Rounder |
| Matheesha Pathirana ✈️ | Bowler | Pat Cummins ✈️ | Bowler |
| Prashant Solanki | Bowler | Zeeshan Ansari | All Rounder |
| Tejasvi Dahiya | Batter | Shivang Kumar | All Rounder |
| Rahul Tripathi | Batter | Onkar Tarmale | Bowler |
| Tim Seifert ✈️ (WK) | Batter | Amit Kumar | All Rounder |
| Sarthak Ranjan | Batter | Praful Hinge | Bowler |
| Daksh Kamra | All Rounder | Krains Fuletra | Batter |
| Rachin Ravindra ✈️ | All Rounder | Liam Livingstone ✈️ | All Rounder |
| Saurabh Dubey | Bowler | Shivam Mavi | Bowler |
| Navdeep Saini | Bowler | Sakib Hussain | Bowler |
KKR vs SRH – Predicted Playing 11
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) |
| Finn Allen ✈️ (WK) | Abhishek Sharma |
| Ajinkya Rahane (C) | Travis Head ✈️ |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Ishan Kishan (C/WK) |
| Cameron Green ✈️ | Heinrich Klaasen ✈️ |
| Rinku Singh | Nitish Kumar Reddy |
| Ramandeep Singh | Liam Livingstone ✈️ |
| Anukul Roy | Aniket Verma |
| Sunil Narine ✈️ | Eshan Malinga ✈️ |
| Vaibhav Arora | Harshal Patel |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | Jaydev Unadkat |
| Kartik Tyagi | Zeeshan Ansari |
| Umran Malik (Impact) | Shivam Mavi (Impact) |