Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 clash at Eden Gardens.
KKR have sticked with the same lineup from their previous match despite loss. Meanwhile, skipper Ajinkya Rahane mentioned that Cameron Green is recovering well and should be fit soon to bowl.
For SRH, there is one change, Shivang Kumar, a 23-year-old left-arm spinner and bowling all-rounder will make his IPL debut.
Kolkata Knight Riders playing XI: Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani
Impact Subs: Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Rovman Powell
Sunrisers Hyderabad playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk/c), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, David Payne
Impact Subs: Harshal Patel, Liam Livingstone, Eshan Malinga, R Smaran, Sakib Hussain
KKR vs SRH: Captains take at the toss
Ajinkya Rahane gave a positive update on Cameron Green’s recovery and hinted that the all-rounder is progressing well under the supervision of the support staff.
“He is doing all the things which he needs to do, physio and our trainer are looking after him. You will see him bowling very soon”
On the other hand, Ishan Kishan kept things simple while talking about SRH’s approach and also provided a small update on regular skipper Pat Cummins’s availability, who is currently out due to injury.
“We will look to keep it simple in this game. I don't know yet, but he should be ready soon, he makes a big difference, with the bat as well”
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