Statistics Review of player records and milestones achieved

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) produced a brilliant all-round performance to defeat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 65 runs in match number 6. Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Thursday, April 2 at Eden Gardens.

Electing to bat first, SRH scored a mammoth 226/8 in their 20 overs and set the tone early on with an explosive opening partnership. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma performed brilliantly and added 82 runs in just 34 balls. Head scored 46 runs in 21 balls, while Abhishek missed the half-century, scoring 48 runs in 21 balls with the help of fours and sixes.

However, SRH lost a bit of momentum in the middle overs as captain Ishan Kishan was out for 14 and Aniket Verma could only score one run. The innings was then stabilized by Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy, who made an important partnership of 82 runs for the fifth wicket.

Klaasen led the innings by playing an excellent inning of 52 runs in 35 balls, while Reddy played an important inning of 39 runs taking the total score beyond 220. For KKR, Blessing Muzarabani impressed with the ball, taking 4/41, while Vaibhav Arora took two wickets.

Chasing the challenging target of 227, KKR got off to a great start thanks to Finn Allen, who scored 28 runs off just seven balls. Despite the early momentum, wickets continued to fall regularly, preventing any meaningful partnerships from developing. Angkrish Raghuvanshi fought hard and played a quick inning of 52 runs in 29 balls, while Rinku Singh contributed 35 runs.

The rest of the batting lineup struggled to make an impact and KKR were eventually bowled out for 161 runs. SRH's bowling unit put up a disciplined effort, with Jaydev Unadkat leading the way with figures of 3/21. Ishan Malinga and Reddy provided good support by taking two wickets each and secured a comprehensive victory.

With this win, SRH moved up to sixth on the points table with one win from two matches, while KKR slipped to ninth, still looking for their first win of the season.

Here are the most important stats from Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Sunil Narine has the lowest batting average (10.9) against SRH in IPL history.
KKR's score of 74/3 in the powerplay is their highest ever score in the powerplay against SRH in the IPL.
Finn Allen scored 24 runs in the first over, which is the third highest score in the opening over of an IPL innings.
SRH's total of 226/8 in Kolkata is their third highest score against KKR in IPL history.
Blessing Muzarabani recorded figures of 4/41, which is the second best bowling performance for KKR against SRH in the IPL.
The 82-run partnership between Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy is SRH's second highest partnership for the fifth wicket or less in IPL history.
Rinku Singh holds the record for most catches in IPL history for KKR with 41 fielding outs.
Abhishek Sharma is now second in IPL history with the most number of sixes for SRH with 101 sixes.
Ajinkya Rahane became the 11th player to appear in 200 IPL matches, a significant feat in his career.
This is the first time since 2012 that KKR lost its first two matches of an IPL season.
This is only SRH's fourth win in 14 matches against KKR since 2020 and also SRH's fourth win in 12 IPL matches at the Eden Gardens.