KKR vs SRH Match 6 Commentary - Kolkata (02 April 2026)

Slower one, on a length and on off, Kartik Tyagi looks to work it away but his head falls over and he misses.

Short of a length and on middle, takes pace off, Kartik Tyagi backs away and swats it to long on for a single.

Good length and just around off, Vaibhav Arora has a poke at it but misses.

On a length and on off, Vaibhav Arora pushes it towards cover for a run.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Jaydev Unadkat goes pace on, serves this full and on off from around the wicket. Kartik Tyagi stays back and looks to flick it, closing the face of the bat. He only manages a thin bottom edge back to the keeper, where Ishan Kishan takes an easy catch. However, Tyagi takes the review here, but UltraEdge shows a clear spike when the ball is close to the bat. The on-field call of Out remains and SRH are just one wicket away from the win now.

OUT! DRAGGED ON! Jaydev Unadkat wraps things up, and SUNRISERS HYDERABAD WIN BY 65 RUNS. This is a wide yorker, just around off. Varun Chakaravarthy stays back and throws his bat at it, but only manages to get an inside edge back onto the stumps. Not the ideal start for KKR at home, and they have a lot of thinking to do ahead of the next games.

Short and on middle. Singh pulls. This goes more off the top edge but wide of deep mid-wicket for one.

Wide! Malinga slides it across the left-hander, on a length. Sunil Narine lets it be. Wide not given and Narine takes the review. He succeeds in overturning the on-field call as the ball was just outside the tramline.

Wide! This is wider than the previous ball, on a length. Sunil lets it pass.

On a back of a length, flirting with the tramline. Sunil Narine flashes but does not pick the change of pace and the ball goes under the blade.

OUT! CAUGHT! A well-judged catch by Aniket Verma. Malinga serves the slower one but attacks the stumps this time with a full ball. Narine gets the front leg out of the way and swings for the hills. He is early into the shot and this comes right off the toe end of the bat. Harsh Dubey put down a similar chance in the previous over but Verma is aware of his surroundings. He times the leap to perfection whilst staying side on and takes the catch over his head. He seemed to lose the ball in the lights but managed to hold on.

FOUR! Too straight and Tyagi gets it away! Angled in at the hips, on the back of a length. Kartik glances it down to deep fine leg for a boundary.

Too quick for Tyagi! Eshan Malinga digs it in short, over middle. Kartik Tyagi ducks but is late in doing so. The ball pings him on the helmet and goes towards deep fine leg. A leg bye taken.

OUT! CAUGHT! Two wickets in the over for Eshan Malinga, and if there was any hope left for KKR, this should be it. Malinga bowls the slower one, on a good length, outside off. Ramandeep hangs deep in the crease and slashes at it. The ball flies off a thickish outside to backward point, where Jaydev Unadkat takes a safe catch around his waist by moving to his left and dropping to his knees.

Not all that short to play the cut, outside off. Rinku bunts it from the crease to backward point.

On a length, around leg. Rinku wrists it towards deep mid-wicket and crosses over.

Not in control but Ramandeep Singh gets away with it! Reddy bangs it in short and gets it high enough to trouble the batter, on off. Ramandeep tries to take it on but slices it off the upper half of the bat towards the vacant mid off region. They cross.

OUT! CAUGHT! KKR's chances in the chase take a massive dent. Wickets off successive overs for Reddy. In the corridor, on a good length. Rinku throws his hands at the ball. The ball goes off a thickish outside edge to short third, where Jaydev Unadkat is stationed on the edge of the ring. He snaffles it to his right. 

SIX! Oh, hello! Reddy goes short but the height does not trouble Narine at all. Sunil swings away on the leg side with the angle. It comes at waist height and Narine pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a six.

DROPPED, SIX!  Harsh Dubey has tipped it over the ropes. How costly will this prove to be? Reddy brings out the slower one and goes full on middle and leg. Narine clears the front leg and swings down to the ground. Hits it down to long on, where Harsh Dubey leaps to take the catch over his head. He had the option of taking a step back but it seems like he was not aware of where the boundary cushions were. The ball clips his fingertips and goes over the fence. 76 needed off 36 balls.

FOUR! Innovative and effective! Flighted delivery, full and on off. Ramandeep Singh switches his stance and brings out the reverse. He gets down on a knee and plays it uppishly but wide of backward point for a four. 100 needed off 47 balls.

Shorter now, on off. Ramandeep turns it in front of deep mid-wicket for one.

Fuller in length, on off. Rinku pushes it to the right of cover for a single.

A bit short, turning away from the right-hander. Ramandeep reaches out and cuts it to deep backward point. They cross.

SIX! Lovely shot! Shivang Kumar tosses it up but this is a bit too full, in line with the off stump. Rinku clears the front leg and opens up the front hip to go inside out over extra cover for a six.

Shivang Kumar responds with a googly, on a nagging length. Rinku backs away and chops it down to cover for another single. 14 runs off the over. KKR need 90 runs in 42 balls.

Nicely bowled! Nitish Kumar Reddy hits the length hard and just around off. Anukul Roy looks to cut it away but gets beaten due to the extra bounce.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Nitish Kumar Reddy keeps it at a similar length and in that channel outside off. Anukul Roy stays back in his crease and opens the face of his bat to run it down to third man. His feet go nowhere, and he ends up edging it back to the keeper, where Ishan Kishan makes no mistake. 120/3 becomes 120/5 for KKR.

Dug in short, over middle. Ramandeep Singh rides the bounce and pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

On a back of a length, on middle. Rinku angles it wide of point and turns the strike over.

Slightly fuller in the channel, Ramandeep Singh guides it with an open bat face to backward point.

On a hard length, outside off. Ramandeep Singh shuffles across to get the pull shot away. The ball gets big on him and he miscues it off the splice in front of mid off. The batters cross for a single.

Full and it is the googly, on middle. Rinku backs away and cuts it to backward point, where Eshan Malinga makes a diving stop to his right.

FOUR! Wonderful! Floated up, a bit too full, on off. Rinku stays leg side of the ball and goes inside out. Hits it away from a straightish extra cover fielder and beats long off to his right for a four.

Another googly, on a good length, on middle. Rinku makes room and exposes all three stumps. He cuts it late but can't beat Jaydev Unadkat at short third, who makes the stop to his left. They cross.

Looped up, full and on middle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi reaches out in front and knocks it to wide long off for a run.

FOUR! Cut away! Shivang drops it short, on middle and leg. Rinku Singh backs away once again and cuts it late and wide of backward point for another boundary.

OUT! ANGKRISH RAGHUVANSHI IS RUN OUT! A mix-up, and this time, Raghuvanshi has to go. Shivang continues with his googlies, on the shorter side, on middle and leg. Rinku makes room and carves it to backward point. Rinku takes a couple of steps down the track and Angkrish responds by setting off for the run. After seeing Eshan Malinga move to his left and gather the ball, Singh turns his back on his partner but Raghuvanshi is at a point of no return by then. Malinga picks it up cleanly and fires in a throw at the bowling end. Shivang gets behind the stumps and collects the ball on the half-volley. Angkrish tries to get back, but in vain, as Kumar is quick enough to break the stumps.

FIFTY for Angkrish Raghuvanshi! Back-to-back fifties for the talented right-hander. Payne takes pace off and bowls it into the wicket, on off. Raghuvanshi waits on it and nudges it in front of square on the leg side for a run. Just a raise of the bat from Angkrish as he knows the job is far from being done.

On a shortish length, on off. Rinku drags the pull towards wide long on, where Heinrich Klaasen moves to his left and cuts it off but he cannot prevent the batters from taking the second run.

Hard length and outside off, pace off, Rinku Singh cuts it through point for a run.

Back of a length and on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi pats it down towards cover for another run.

FOUR! Powered away! Short of a length and on middle, takes pace off again. Rinku Singh waits for it this time, gets on top and hammers it to the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary.

Slower again, short and outside off, Rinku Singh punches it through cover-point for one more. KKR are 110/3 at the halfway mark, needing 117 runs in 60 balls.

Floated, short and following the batter into the leg side, Rinku Singh backs away and punches it towards extra cover for a single.

FOUR! Sloppy in the field! Shorter in length and outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi moves back and cuts it away wide of deep point. Harsh Dubey runs to his left but falls over trying to make the stop and lets it through his legs for a boundary.

A shout for caught behind, but turned down! Quicker and shorter, on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes for the cut again but this is too close to his body and he misses. Ishan Kishan grabs and thinks there is an edge and appeals for it. Gets nothing from the umpire and takes the review. However, the replay shows a clear gap between the bat and the ball. SRH lose a review.

Another misfield! This is short again and on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi stays back and steers it away towards short third. David Payne gets low to collect it but he too lets it through his legs. He turns around and hauls it in. What should have been just one turns into three runs.

FOUR! Oh, dear! Ishan Kishan will not be a happy captain with these errors in the field. This is tossed up, full and on off, Rinku Singh goes inside out and chips it wide of sweeper cover. Nitish Kumar Reddy overruns it to his left, failing to judge the spin and allows a boundary.

Shorter and on off, tapped towards covers by Singh.

Play and a miss! Back of a length and around off, gets some extra bounce, Rinku Singh looks to run it down to third man but misses.

Uppish but safe! Short of a length and on off, angling away. Rinku Singh uses his feet to loft it away but mistimes the shot. It goes in the air but drops well in front of sweeper cover. They cross.

FOUR! Pure timing! Jaydev Unadkat hits the length hard and just outside off, pace on again. Angkrish Raghuvanshi uses the width and cuts it away with superb timing, wide of deep point. Nitish Kumar Reddy runs to his left and dives to stop, but the ball pops up, hits his face and rolls to the fence for a boundary.

Fine effort in the deep! Good length and on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi opens the face of the bat and uses the pace to steer it past short third. Shivang Kumar at deep third runs to his left and puts in a full-length dive to push the ball away from the fence. Saves a couple of runs for his team.

On a length and around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi guides it through point for one.

Bangs this into the pitch, on middle, takes pace off this time. Rinku Singh pulls it through the vacant square leg region for one more.

Around leg, tossed up, full in length. Rinku is beaten on the flick and wears it on the pads.

A loud shout for LBW but that is going down leg. Googly, shorter and around leg. Rinku rocks back for the pull but the ball skids through to beat him on the inside edge.

Tossed up, full and on middle. Rinku pushes it to long on for a single.

Nicely bowled! Googly, on a length, outside off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi reaches out for the drive but the ball spins away to beat him on the outside edge. Ishan Kishan is quick to whip the bails off but Raghuvanshi's back leg never left the crease.

Flatter and shorter, outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi cuts it away but straight to backward point.

FOUR! Up and over! Flighted, full and outside off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi throws his hands at it. Slices it off the outer half of the bat over backward point, and beats the fielder in the deep as well for a boundary.

WIDE! Good-length delivery but down the leg side, Angkrish Raghuvanshi fails to glance it away. Wided.

Fuller and on middle, Angkrish Raghuvanshi knocks it to the left of mid on for a quick single.

Eshan Malinga sees the batter advance and bangs in a bouncer, on middle and leg, Cameron Green ducks under it. Wided.

Back of a length and on middle, Cameron Green stays back and pats it towards mid on for a run.

WIDE! Goes for the slower bouncer, on off, but too high for the batter. Angkrish Raghuvanshi tries to upper cut it but fails to do so. Third wide of the over.

Hits the deck at 138.2 kph, on middle, jags back in sharply. Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets hurried on his flick shot and takes a blow on the thigh pad.

Risky run! Slower one, on a length and on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi pushes it towards cover and sets off for the run. The fielder picks it up on the bounce and has a shy at the bowler's end but misses.

What happened there? Touch fuller and on middle, angling in, Cameron Green knocks it down the pitch and calls for the run. Angkrish Raghuvanshi has no idea where the ball is and there is a mix-up between the batters. Angkrish ends up stopping the ball with his bat and then collides with Malinga. Green is already at the other end when Raghuvanshi starts running to the other end and has to put in a desperate dive, with Malinga's throw a wide one to the keeper.

OUT! CAMERON GREEN IS RUN OUT! A wicket on the last ball of the Powerplay, and this was coming with these two not communicating properly on a couple of occasions before this as well. Eshan Malinga bowls this full and on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi drives it firmly down the pitch, where Malinga sticks his left foot out and takes the sting out of the ball. Angkrish calls for the run and Green responds, but the former realises that the bowler will get to the ball first. Malinga picks the ball up and breaks the stumps at the bowler's end with both batters in the middle of the pitch. Raghuvanshi thinks he is the one who is out and starts walking but the replay shows that Green did not cross him when the stumps were broken. So, it is the Aussie who has to make the walk back to the hut.

Across off, on a back of a length. Rahane shanks it wide of mid on for a single.

Fuller in length, a cutter running across the right-hander. Angkrish Raghuvanshi guides it to backward point.

FOUR! Helped away! Unadkat bowls the slower bumper, over middle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi waits for the ball to arrive and gets his hands high to help the pull behind square leg. The ball skips across the practice pitches and beats the diving Nitish Kumar Reddy on the fence.

FOUR! Clever, very clever! On a nagging length, on top of middle. Angkrish stays deep in the crease and plays it very late, almost off the stumps. Glides it with an open bat face to the right of short third for four more.

A short ball, over off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets his hands high to pull it in front of square for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Jaydev Unadkat roars in delight. End of a scratchy stay for Ajinkya Rahane. Slower ball on a good length, just outside the off stump. A bit of a nothing shot from Rahane as he plays a half-hearted pull off the back foot. He fails to get on top of the bounce and a top edge is found. It is skied to deep mid-wicket, where Eshan Malinga runs in and slides to take a fine catch.

Full and on middle. Rahane smears it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

On off, driven wide of cover for a single. The 50 is up for KKR!

Full and fired in at the sticks. Rahane hits it back towards the bowler. A half-stop by the bowler and the ball rolls behind for one.

FOUR! Crunched! Harsh looks to fire it in, full and outside off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi crouches and opens up the front hip to drill it wide of extra cover for a boundary.

On a length, on off. Angkrish taps it with soft hands in front of point for one.

This is slower through the air, on off, Rahane drags the sweep towards wide long on for a run.

Short and on off, Ajinkya punches it wide of cover, where the fielder cuts it off with a dive. Just a single.

SIX! Good hit! Sliding into the right-hander, a bit too full. A step towards the ball by Angkrish Raghuvanshi before launching it over long on for a six.

Keeps it full, on off. Raghuvanshi eases it towards wide long off for one.

Fractionally short, on middle and leg. Rahane goes on the back foot for the flick but ekes out an inside edge onto the pads.

Quick single! Full and on leg. Rahane shovels it towards short fine leg and Angkrish Raghuvanshi calls him through for a quick single.

SIX! An ideal finish to the over for KKR! Full and quick, on middle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi reaches out in front and nails the sweep over deep square leg for a biggie. 15 runs off the over.

Angled into the right-hander, full and on middle. Rahane pushes at it with hard hands. Gets it off the inner half of the bat to mid on for a single.

FOUR! Put away! Flighted delivery, full and on middle. Allen clears the front leg and swings through the line. He lofts it wide of mid off to his right for a boundary.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Harsh Dubey gets rid of the dangerman. A quickfire knock from Allen comes to an end. The length stays full but the line is outside off. Allen does not move his feet at all and just reaches out with his hands. The ball keeps straight and the bat turns in Finn's hand. It comes off the inner half but still goes quickly and Dubey reacts well to take the catch to his right at waist height.

Pushed through, full and on off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi pushes it back to the bowler.

Floated up, on off, Angkirsh knocks it to long off for a run to get off the mark.

Two wides! Down leg, on a length. Rahane misses out on the sweep. Ishan Kishan moves to his left but cannot make a clean stop. The ball clips his gloves and goes towards short fine leg as the batters cross.

A loud shout for LBW but turned down. Coming in with the arm, on a good length, around leg. Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes deep in the crease for the sweep but the ball skids through to go under the bat and catch him on the thigh.

Rahane and KKR are on the board! Angling away from over the wicket, on a good length. Ajinkya waits on the back foot and steers it to deep backward point for a single.

FOUR! Finn Allen is away! Fuller in length, this moves away. Allen gets the ball in his arc and he crunches the drive between cover and mid off for a boundary.

FOUR! Two in two for Allen! Payne drags the length back, on top of off. This sits up to be hit. Finn pulls it off the front foot between mid-wicket and deep square leg for another four.

SIX! Launched down the ground! Payne goes fuller this time, on off. Allen collapses his back knee to get under the ball and tonks it back over the bowler's head for a flat six.

SIX! Dispatched with disdain! Allen is rampant. Payne under the pump. David pulls the length back and takes pace off, over middle and leg. Allen hangs on the back foot and pulls it way over square leg for half a dozen.

FOUR! Gets it through! 25 runs off the first over of the chase and questions already for Ishan Kishan. Slower one, on a good length, on off. Allen gets on top of the bounce and punches it between the two men at cover-point for four more.