IPL 2026, SRH vs KKR Today Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy is not part of the playing XI for match 45 of the Indian Premier League 2026 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Suunday due to illness. SRH captain Pat Cummins confirmed at the toss that Reddy was unavailable and has been replaced by debutant Smaran Ravichandran. The team also brought in Harshal Patel in place of Harsh Dubey.

“Nitish misses out with an illness, so Smaran comes in,” Cummins said.

Reddy had featured in all previous matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad this season and has been a key contributor with both bat and ball. He has scored 193 runs in nine games at a strike rate of over 160 and picked up six wickets.

Sunrisers Hyderabad opted to bat first after winning the toss as they look to extend their winning run in the tournament.

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.