KKR vs SRH Toss Result & Playing 11: KKR to Bowl First, Lineups Announced

Kolkata Knight Riders are up against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an important IPL 2026 encounter on Thursday (April 2) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Both teams started their campaign with defeats and would be desperate to get their first victory of the season. The Knight Riders will play their first match at home this season, while the Orange Army continue their venture on the road.

KKR vs SRH IPL 2026 Schedule

Date: Thursday, April 2

Time: 7:30 PM IST

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Captains: Ajinkya Rahane (KKR), Ishan Kishan (SRH)

KKR vs SRH IPL 2026 Today Match Toss Update

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane won the Toss and elected to Field first.

KKR vs SRH Playing 11

KKR have made no changes to their side and have a strong lineup for this encounter. SRH have made a change as Shivang Kumar has come into the side.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (WK), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani, Kartik Tyagi

Impact Players - Manish Pandey/Rovman Powell/Finn Allen/Saurabh Dubey/Tejasvi Dahiya

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (C & WK), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Jaydev Unadkat, Shivang Kumar, David Payne

Impact Players - Harshal Patel/Liam Livingstone/Eshan Malinga/Smaran Ravichandran/Sakib Hussain

Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026 Full Squads

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh (vc), Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Cameron Green, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Blessing Muzarabani, Matheesha Pathirana, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Rahul Tripathi, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Umran Malik, Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Dubey, Anukul Roy, Sarthak Ranjan, Tejasvi Dahiya, Daksh Kamra, Prashant Solanki.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan (c) (wk), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, David Payne, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Shivang Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain, Shivam Mavi, Zeeshan Ansari, Kamindu Mendis, Brydon Carse, Praful Hinge, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar