SRH Vs KKR, IPL 2026: Raghuvanshi Fifty Guides Kolkata Home After Clinical Bowling Show
Kolkata Knight Riders produced a dominant all-round performance to defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets in IPL 2026. Batting first, SRH raced to 105/1 in nine overs, powered by Travis Head’s explosive 61 off 28, but a dramatic collapse followed as Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine led a middle-order meltdown, bundling them out for 165 in 19 overs. In reply, KKR got off to a brisk start through Finn Allen before Ajinkya Rahane (43) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (59) stitched a crucial partnership to steady the chase. Despite a couple of late wickets, Rinku Singh’s quick cameo ensured KKR chased down 166 comfortably in 18.2 overs, sealing a convincing victory.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Abhishek Sharma hits a six during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Abhishek Sharma plays a shotduring the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Kartik Tyagi bowls a delivery during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Kartik Tyagi, right and Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane celebrate the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad's Abhishek Sharma during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Ishan Kishan plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head celebrates his fifty runs during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Cameron Green takes the catch to dismiss Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Varun Chakaravarthy reacts after taking the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Anukul Roy, right and Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane celebrates the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad's Heinrich Klaasen during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Ishan Kishan hits a boundary during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Varun Chakaravarthy celebrates the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad's Smaran Ravichandran during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Varun Chakaravarthy bowls a delivery during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Vaibhav Arora gestures after a deliver during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' cheer leader dance during a break at the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Pat Cummins plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Varun Chakaravarthy, centre, celebrates the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad's Aniket Verma during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's captain Pat Cummins bowls a delivery during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Finn Allen plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane, left and Kolkata Knight Riders' Finn Allen fist with gloves during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's captain Pat Cummins, right, celebrates with teammates the wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders' Finn Allen during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Finn Allen leaves the ground after losing his wicket during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Angkrish Raghuvanshi plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Sakib Hussain celebrates the wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Shivang Kumar, centre celebrates the wicket of Angkrish Raghuvanshi, left, during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad. | Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A.
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