KKR vs SRH prediction – Who Will Win Today’s IPL 2026 Match 6?

The Eden Gardens in Kolkata will host its first game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, with three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) competing against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in match 6 on April 2.

KKR lost to the Mumbai Indians in their opening fixture of the 19th season, and they would want to return to winning ways. The bowlers were ordinary in the previous outing and failed to stop the rival batters at the Wankhede Stadium.

On the other hand, SRH also started with a defeat in the new season, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru thumping them. They will rely on their batting unit as their bowling line-up is weak, and it will be interesting to see how the team management handles the combination in the second game.

KKR vs SRH Match Complete Details

Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Match 6

Date and Time: April 2, 7:30 PM IST

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Broadcast and Live-Streaming: Star Sports Network, JioHotstar App & Website

Eden Gardens Pitch Report

The pitch at the Eden Gardens is good for the batters. It has changed over the years, and now there is hardly any help for the bowlers. A batting-friendly track is expected for the Thursday contests, which will allow the willow holders to go for fours and sixes.

KKR vs SRH Head-to-Head Record

Matches - 30

KKR - 20

SRH - 10

KKR vs SRH: Predicted Playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders 

Ajinkya Rahane (C), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani

Impact Player: Kartik Tyagi

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (C & WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga
 
Impact Player: David Payne

KKR vs SRH: Probable Best Performers

Probable Best Batter: Ishan Kishan 

Sunrisers Hyderabad's stand-in captain Ishan is in sensational form and scored a magnificent fifty in the first match against RCB. Earlier, he amassed over 300 runs in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. If he gets going against KKR, Hyderabad fancy their chances. His partnership with the top-order batters would decide the outcome of the game.

Probable Best Bowler: Varun Chakravarthy

Varun Chakravarthy has been one of the most successful KKR bowlers in the last few seasons. He likes bowling at the Eden Gardens, and his variations will certainly test SRH batters in the evening game.

IPL 2026 squads 

Kolkata Knight Riders

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad

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

Who will win the IPL 2026 Match No. 6 KKR vs SRH?

Kolkata Knight Riders are the favorites to win the contest because of the home advantage. They have dominated SRH in the past meetings and have an edge over the Sunrisers Hyderabad.