Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 6th match of IPL 2026. While left-arm wrist-spinner Shivang Kumar came in for SRH, KKR opted to stick with the same playing XI, maintaining continuity after a positive showing in their previous outing. Both the teams lost their opening match.Rahane supports the bowling unit, makes light of the situation.“There is always room for improvement but there were a lot of positives from the last match – in terms of the batting unit we batted really well. As I said in the post-match presentation, a bit inexperienced bowling wise but he will do really well. We don’t usually see that much grass, it’s been raining for the last two days and that’s why we’re bowling first. Usually dew but this wicket should be good for 40 overs, not sure about dew as it’s windy, but usually dew at 7:30-8. He (Cam Green) is doing all the things he needs to do, the physio and our trainers are looking after him. You will see him bowling very soon. Going with the same team,” Rahane said after winning the toss. SRH focus on execution after being put into bat“I would have chosen bowling first. But batting first here in Eden comes down to one point – make sure how the wicket will play and watch the ball and play your best game. We need to come up with the best game show for ourselves. It all depends on the mentality, if you feel fresh before the game, you just go out and get the basics right. The only point I would say is execution, when you plan something and execute it well you will be the winning side, we need to stay calm even if we are not in a very good situation and that will make a difference. We will try to keep it simple in this game. (When will Cummins be available?) I don’t know yet, but he should be ready as soon as possible, he makes a big difference, even with the bat, having him in the team is a plus point. We have a change – Shivang comes in, keeping the wicket-taking options open, he has bowled well in the practice session and we are giving him a chance, and I think he is going to do well,” Ishan Kishan during the toss.
Impress the subs and the playing XI.
Sunrisers Hyderabad XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk/c), Henrik Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Jaydev Unaddict, David PayneSunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Harshal Patel, Liam Livingstone, Ishan Malinga, R Simran, Saqib HussainKolkata Knight Riders XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, Vibhu Arora, Karthik Tyagi, Blessing MazarbaniKolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Saurabh Dubey, Rowman Powell, Tejaswi Dahiya
