KKR Unwanted Record, IPL 2026: In the sixth league match of IPL 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 65 runs. After the defeat in this match played at Eden Gardens, a very shameful record was registered in the name of KKR. With this shameful record, 14 years old history was also shattered.

KKR’s shameful record

Let us tell you that after 14 years, this has happened with Kolkata when the team had to face defeat in both the initial matches of the season. Earlier, KKR had lost the first two matches of the season in 2012. But the thing to note is that with this unwanted and shameful record, such a coincidence seems to be happening, due to which the chances of winning the trophy for KKR have also increased.

The trophy is also confirmed

When KKR lost two consecutive matches in the beginning of the 2012 season, the team won the first title. Now it will be interesting to see how the KKR team under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane performs after losing the first 2 matches of this season i.e. 2026.

Lost to Mumbai in the first match

KKR played its first match of 2026 against Mumbai Indians on 29 March. In this match the team had to face defeat by 6 wickets.

This was the condition of the match against Hyderabad

In the match, Kolkata won the toss and decided to bowl. Hyderabad, who came to bat first, put a huge total of 226 runs on the board for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Heinrich Klaasen played the biggest innings for the team, scoring 52 runs in 35 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, Abhishek Sharma played an inning of 48 runs and Travis Head played an inning of 46 runs.

KKR, which came on the field for run chase, was all out for just 161 runs in 16 overs. Angkrish Raghuvanshi played the biggest innings for the team and scored 52 runs in 29 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. However, his team could not lead the innings to victory.

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