IPL 2026, KKR vs SRH: The sixth match of IPL 2026 saw an exciting start between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), but a disappointing incident also happened with the opening pair. After losing the toss and coming to bat first, Sunrisers Hyderabad team was given a good start by Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head. Both the batsmen played aggressively and hit excellent shots one after the other and put the team in a strong position in the powerplay.
Very bad happened with Abhishek Sharma-Travis Head
Both the openers together made a stormy partnership of 82 runs in just 34 balls. During this, Travis Head was out after scoring 46 runs in 21 balls, which included 6 fours and 3 sixes. He was caught out on a brilliant ball by Karthik Tyagi. After some time, Abhishek Sharma also returned to the pavilion after scoring 48 runs in 21 balls. Blessing Muzarabani dismissed him in the 9th over. Both the batsmen remained just 2-4 runs away from the half-century. The pair of Abhishek and Head were moving towards a big score by staying at the crease for a long time, but both could not cross the 50-run mark.
This incident happened in IPL after 2 years
This incident has happened after two years in IPL, when both the openers have scored more than 40 runs but still could not score half-centuries. Earlier in the year 2024, this had happened with Rohit Sharma (49 runs) and Ishan Kishan (42 runs) of Mumbai Indians, when they were out against Delhi Capitals. The pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma is known for their explosive batting in IPL. Both of them have given fast starts to SRH in many matches, but this time luck was not on their side. Fans were hopeful that both would move towards a half-century or a century, but the bowlers stopped them by bowling accurately.
Created a storm in the power play
During this innings, Sunrisers Hyderabad crossed the 50-run mark in just 4.1 overs. Whereas, Sunrisers Hyderabad took 7.2 overs to reach 100 runs. But after the dismissal of these two players, the pace of runs slowed down and KKR played brilliantly in the middle overs.