KKR stopped Vijayrath of Hyderabad. (Photo- PTI)
IPL 2026, SRH vs KKR: In the 45th match of IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders registered a spectacular victory by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad badly. This match was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, but SRH team had to face defeat at home. With this, Sunrisers Hyderabad's streak of 5 consecutive wins also ended. At the same time, Kolkata Knight Riders have scored a hat-trick of wins. KKR team, which did not win even a single win in the first 6 matches, is making a strong comeback.
Sunrisers Hyderabad were defeated cheaply
In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bat first, but saw the fall of wickets in the entire innings. The team was reduced to 165 runs in 19 overs. Abhishek Sharma was out after scoring only 15 runs. But after this, Travis Head scored 61 runs in 28 balls in an aggressive manner. Due to which, along with Ishan Kishan, he took the team's score to 105 runs in just 8.5 overs. But after this the innings completely faltered.
The team lost its last 9 wickets in just 60 runs, due to which SRH could reach only 165 runs. During this, Varun Chakraborty took maximum 3 wickets from Kolkata Knight Riders. At the same time, Sunil Narine and Karthik Tyagi made 2-2 batsmen their victims. Apart from these, Vaibhav Arora, Cameron Green and Anukul Roy got 1 success each.
KKR chased the target easily
KKR had a fast start to chase the target. Finn Allen scored 29 runs on 13 balls, but was out on the ball of Pat Cummins. After this, Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi played cautiously and easily brought the team closer to victory. Rahan scored 43 runs on 36 balls. Whereas, Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 59 runs on 47 balls. Apart from these, Rinku Singh scored unbeaten 22 runs in 11 balls, due to which KKR achieved this target at the loss of 3 wickets in 18.2 overs.
This is the third win of Kolkata Knight Riders this season. At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad has faced its fourth defeat in 10 matches. Despite this, she remains in the top-3 in the points table. But KKR is still at 8th position.
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