KKR vs SRH Live Score, IPL 2026: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head off to flying start at Eden Gardens

Chance, a tough one, goes missing as Ajinkya Rahane puts down Travis Head off Sunil Narine's delivery. A brilliant over from the Caribbean spinner as he gives away only 3 runs.

Travis Head - 36 off 17 balls

Abhishek Sharma - 9 off 7 balls

SRH - 46/0 in 4 overs

Travis Head is looking in the mood today as he takes on Vaibhav Arora in the third over. The Australian smashes 4, 0, 6, 6, 4, 0 to produce 20 runs off the 3rd over.

A flying start from Travis Head and SRH today.

Travis Head - 34 off 14 balls

Abhishek Sharma - 8 off 4 balls

SRH - 43/0 in 3 overs

Travis Head add two more fours and Abhishek Sharma brings the first six of the game on the last ball of the second over from Blessing Muzarabani. 16 runs coming from the 2nd over.

Travis Head - 14 off 8 balls

Abhishek Sharma - 8 off 4 balls

SRH - 22/0 in 2 overs

After failing to score on the first 3 balls of the game, Travis Head finished the opening over with a four off Vaibhav Arora at deep midwicket.

SRH - 6/0 in 1 over

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Harshal Patel, Liam Livingstone, Eshan Malinga, R Smaran, Sakib Hussain

Kolkata Knight Riders: Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Rovman Powell

200th game at Eden. Some stages just feel right 💜 pic.twitter.com/SlydlqsDYf

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 2, 2026

Shivang Kumar, the 23-year-old wrist spinner from Madhya Pradesh, is set for his IPL debut today. He replaces Harshal Patel in the SRH's playing XI. David Payne also starts ahead of Eshan Malinga.

Harshal Patel is likely to come in as an impact player later.

SRH XI (Batting first): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (c & wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Verma, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, David Payne, Jaydev Unadkat

Unchanged KKR today.

Kartik Tyagi starts, Finn Allen to come in as an impact player.

KKR XI (Bowling first): Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Blessing Muzarabani, Kartik Tyagi

Ajinkya Rahane and Ishan Kishan are out in the middle with Ravi Shastri for the toss.

Rahane wins the toss and KKR have decided to bowl first.

KKR unchanged today. One change for Hyderabad as Shivang Kumar comes in.

Both teams produced 446 runs when they faced each other last time in IPL 2025.

Sunrisers Hyderabad posted the third-highest team total of 278 while batting first. Heinrich Klaasen smashed a 105* off 39 balls and Travis Head scored 76 runs off 40. In return, Kolkata Knight Riders stumbled on 168 runs, conceding a huge 110-run defeat in Delhi.

So, are we in for another high-scoring run-fest at Eden Gardens tonight?

Kolkata Knight Riders have been a dominant force against Sunrisers Hyderabad with 19 wins in 29 meetings.

Total Matches: 29

KKR Wins: 19

SRH Wins: 9

Tie/NR: 1

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (c & wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, David Payne

Liam Livingstone is expected to start if SRH bat first today, while David Payne, who was the best bowler against RCB in the last game, is likely to replace Eshan Malings in SRH's starting eleven at Eden Gardens.

Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani

Kartik Tyagi came in as an impact player in the last game, but the management is likely to go with Umran Malik today.

Abhishek Sharma's form is a big concern for the Sunrisers Hyderabad as the World No. 1 T20I batter scored 8 off 7 in the opening IPL 2026 game against RCB. After dominating 2025 with his six-hitting ability, the young opener has struggled to live up to expectations in 2026. It looks like the bowlers and analysts have cracked the batter's Achilles heel.

Kolkata Knight Riders are looking all set with their batting unit, with captain Ajinkya Rahane leading the attack. Finn Allen opened an innings with Rahane in the last game and smashed 37 off just 17 balls to justify his selection over Tim Seifert and Rachin Ravindra.

Cameron Green, at No. 3, fell on 18 runs and will look to bounce back with a big score to prove a hefty price tag on his head. Angkrish Raghuvanshi also registered a fifty against Mumbai, followed by a cameo from Rinku Singh.

The management is unlikely to tinker with their batting today, so no Rachin and Seifert against SRH.