There is going to be a very exciting match in IPL 2026 on Thursday 2nd April. Both the teams playing in this match to be held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata have lost their first matches this season despite scoring 200+ runs. In such a situation, today’s match is very special.
IPL 2026 Today KKR vs SRH Match Schedule: The sixth match of IPL 2026 will be played today (Thursday, April 2) between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad. This match will be held at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. The toss of the match will take place at 7:00 pm, while the first ball will be bowled at 7:30 pm. Both the teams have already reached the venue for this important match.
Both teams lost in their first match
Both KKR and SRH scored 200+ runs in their first match of this season. But both the teams fell apart while chasing the target. Apart from this, the bowling of both also looked very weak, which now remains the biggest concern in this match also.
Eden Gardens pitch: Helpful for batsmen
The pitch at Eden Gardens has been very helpful for the batsmen in recent times. Due to it being a small ground, high scoring matches are expected here. In such a situation, the bowlers of both the teams are sure to be tested.
KKR’s bowling weakness becomes a concern
KKR has entered this season with a weak bowling line-up. Due to injury and absence, many important players of the team are not able to play. In the first match, Mumbai Indians easily chased 221 runs. The performance of bowlers like Blessing Muzarabani, Vaibhav Arora and Karthik Tyagi has not been very effective so far. Spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty, considered the strength of KKR, also could not leave any significant impact in the first match. However, both have excellent records at Eden Gardens. Narine has taken the most wickets here. Varun has taken 34 wickets in 24 matches in Kolkata. Now it remains to be seen whether they are able to make a comeback on home ground or not.
SRH bowling unit problem
SRH’s bowling also does not look balanced. Bowlers like Jaydev Unadkat, David Payne and Harshal Patel depend on only one type of variation. Whereas fast bowler Brydon Carse may be out due to injury. In the last match, SRH gave the new ball to Nitish Reddy, while Ishan Malinga did not bowl in the powerplay. It will be interesting to see if this strategy was used just once, or will it continue in the future.
Head to head record: KKR’s dominance
KKR has a very strong record over SRH in IPL.
- Total matches: KKR 20 – SRH 10
- KKR won 5 out of the last 6 matches
- In the last encounter, SRH had scored 278 runs (in Delhi), whereas before that, KKR had defeated SRH by 80 runs in Kolkata.
KKR probable playing XI
Ajinkya Rahane (Captain)
finn allen
cameron green
Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper)
Rinku Singh
Ramandeep Singh
Anukul Roy
Sunil Narayan
Vaibhav Arora
Varun Chakraborty
Blessing Muzarabani
Karthik Tyagi
SRH probable playing XI
Ishan Kishan (Captain/Wicketkeeper)
Abhishek Sharma
travis head
heinrich classen
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Aniket Verma
Salil Arora
Harsh Dubey
Ishan Malinga/Liam Livingston
david penn
Harshal Patel
Jaydev Unadkat
Thrill of the match: Will runs rain or will the bowlers shine?
Considering the pitch of Eden Gardens, a high scoring match is expected. But the weak bowling of both the teams can make this match even more interesting.