KKR vs SRH: Predicted 11 & Impact player options for both teams for Match 6 of IPL 2026

The KKR vs SRH match will take place on April 2.

The IPL 2026 has started with a bang. After the fifth match, all teams have played one match each. Five teams have already opened their account, while five are still awaiting their first win. In the 6th match, Kolkata Knight Riders take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in an expected high-scoring encounter.

Kolkata Knight Riders, who suffered a defeat while defending 220 runs against the Mumbai Indians, will play their first home game of the season.

KKR will face Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday at 7:30 PM IST at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Ajinkya Rahane and co. had a chance against MI, but their bowling was wayward from the start, and they never looked in control.

On the other hand, SRH also had a similar story. They scored 201 in their opening match; however, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru chased it down in just 15.4 overs.

Both teams had a poor bowling display in their opening games. That is one area that needs to be addressed, and whoever bowls poorly will face another defeat on Thursday.

KKR vs SRH: Head-to-Head Record: KKR (20) – SRH (10)

Kolkata Knight Riders have an excellent record over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL. They have won 20 out of 30 games between the two sides, while SRH have won ten.

KKR vs SRH: Predicted XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Cam Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (c & wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Salil Arora, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga.

KKR vs SRH: Possible Impact Player Options

KKR Impact Players: Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Dahiya, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, Rovman Powell.

SRH Impact Players: David Payne, Sakib Hussain, Liam Livingstone, Shivang Kumar, Zeeshan Ansari.

KKR vs SRH: Match Prediction

Both teams lost their opening matches due to poor bowling performances. But if we compare these two teams’ bowling units, KKR still have better options.

Moreover, the three-time champions are playing at home, and their spinners are excellent. Hence, we back KKR to beat SRH in this game.

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