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In the 45th Indian Premier League 2026 match, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad comfortably by 7 wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. In the chase of 166, the KKR batters scored composedly and reached the winning target in 18.2 overs with great contributions from the top and middle order. For SRH, they could not manage to defend a decent score.

Yesterday IPL Match Result

Yesterday's IPL Match Winner Result
SRH vs KKR - Match 45 Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 7 wickets

Yesterday IPL Match Result Scoreboard

IPL 2026 Match 45: SRH vs KKR

Team Score
SRH 165/10 (19 Overs)
KKR 169/3 (18.2 Overs)

Yesterday IPL Match Top Performers

IPL 2026 Match 45: SRH vs KKR

Category Player Team Performance
Most Runs Travis Head SRH 61 (28)
Most Wickets Varun Chakravarthy KKR 3/36 (4)
Most Sixes Travis Head SRH 3 Sixes
Player of the Match Varun Chakravarthy KKR 3/36 (4)

Match Summary - Yesterday's IPL Match Between SRH vs KKR

Batting first on their home turf, Sunrisers Hyderabad were bundled out for 165 in 19 overs even after getting a flying start. Travis Head scoring 61 of 28 balls while Ishan Kishan contributing a decent 42 but from middle and lower order no great scores followed as the team kept losing wickets. For the KKR, Varun Chakaravarthy took 3 wickets and Sunil Narine and Kartik Tyagi picked 2 wickets each and ended the SRH inning.

During the pursuit, the KKR batters started with a banging note as Finn Allen smashed 29 of 13 balls, followed by the KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane who played an anchor role with a 43 whereas Angkrish Raghuvanshi played an excellent knock of 59 to finish off the match easily while Rinku Singh also stayed unbeaten on 22. KKR team maintained the run rate and easily scored 166 while the Sunrisers bowling unit struggled with Pat Cummins leaking 47 runs.

Last 5 IPL 2026 Matches Results

Match Winner
SRH vs KKR Kolkata Knight Riders
CSK vs MI Chennai Super Kings
RR vs DC Delhi Captals
GT vs RCB Gujarat Titans
MI vs SRH Sunrisers Hyderabad

This article first appeared on CricketGully and was syndicated with permission.

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