High-flying Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in the ongoing IPL 2026 on Sunday. After managing a solitary win in their first four games, SRH have been able to turn a corner, winning their last five games on the bounce.

The Orange Army has batted with an aggressive approach whereas their bowlers have also done a fine job recently. Pat Cummins’ return has given them a huge boost and Ehsan Malinga has played an instrumental role in the team’s success. 

The Sri Lankan seamer had bagged 1-29 against MI in the last game when the opposition smashed 243 runs.

SRH has put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the playoffs and a lot of credit goes to their bowlers for bouncing back to form. Furthermore, Travis Head scored a blistering knock of 76 runs off just 30 balls against MI, which is a huge positive for Pat Cummins’ team.

On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders have won their last two games after going winless throughout the tournament. Rinku Singh has delivered consistently for the three-time champions and his return to form is a positive for KKR.

Head to Head: Matches: 31, Won by KKR: 20, Won by SRH: 11.

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w/c), 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