In the sixth league match of IPL 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs. In the match played at Eden Gardens, first excellent batting and then excellent bowling was seen from Hyderabad side.

Let us tell you that Kolkata had to face defeat by 6 wickets against Mumbai Indians in the first match of the season. On the other hand, Hyderabad lost the first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets. Now in the head-to-head match, it is certain that one team will open its account of victory.

head to head record

Talking about the head to head record of Kolkata and Hyderabad, till now 30 matches have been played between the two. In these matches, KKR has gained the lead and has won 20. Hyderabad has won the remaining 10 matches. In this record, KKR seems to have the upper hand.

For whom is Kolkata’s pitch beneficial?

The pitch of Kolkata is considered very suitable for the batsmen. Here the bowlers get good bounce, due to which the ball comes well on the bat. However, bowlers can also get swing with the new ball in the evening.

In the match, fans can keep an eye on batsmen like Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Aniket Verma, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Travis Head and Finn Allen. All these batsmen are capable of changing the course of the match in a moment with the help of their explosive batting.

KKR squad for the tournament

Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, Tejashwi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Umran Malik, Daksh Kamra.

Hyderabad squad for the tournament

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk/captain), Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, David Payne, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga, Shivang Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Smaran Ravichandran, Saqib Hussain, Shivam Mavi, Zeeshan Ansari, Kamindu Mendis, Brydon Karse, Prafulla Hinge, Crains Phuletra, Omkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar.