Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), 45th Match, Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026: Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 45 of the Indian Premier League 2026 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Sunday, May 3, 2026.
Sunrisers Hyderabad made two changes to their playing XI, bringing in Smaran Ravichandran and Harshal Patel in place of Nitish Reddy and Harsh Dubey. Kolkata Knight Riders also made changes, with Tim Seifert and Manish Pandey replacing Finn Allen and Ramandeep Singh.
SRH come into the match in strong form, placed third on the points table with 12 points from nine matches and riding a five-match winning streak. KKR are eighth with five points from eight games.
Playing XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Sai Arora (wk), Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, Pat Cummins (c), Shivan Kumar, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora
Impact Substitutes:
Kolkata Knight Riders Impact subs: Finn Allen, Ramandeep Singh, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert
Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact subs: Praful Hinge, Harsh Dubey, Liam Livingstone, Sakib Hussain, Zeeshan Ansari
Pitch Report
The surface looks flat and dry, favouring batting early on, though spinners could come into play as the match progresses in the heat. The day game is expected to be high-scoring, with conditions likely to assist both batters and spinners at different stages.
