A fiery start lit up Sunrisers Hyderabad’s campaign in IPL 2026; turns out, big runs shut down rallies fast. Over at Eden Gardens, the local cheers faded quickly when SRH posted a thunderous 226, then dismantled KKR for just 161. Bowling first wasn’t kind to Kolkata; Their attack leaked runs from ball one, unable to stem the flow against aggressive strokeplay. Yet once the field changed hands, everything tilted. Where KKR’s batsmen hoped to respond, they instead crumbled under relentless lines and sharp bounce. No single collapse told the tale; it was death by many quick wickets.

A quiet hush followed when the last wicket fell, sealing it for those in blue. Right from that fiery opening burst by Travis and Abhishek, the Sunrisers held control without letting go. Then came Klaasen, calm amid chaos, shaping the innings like few others could. Young Raghuvanshi fought hard, flashing bat through gaps, reaching fifty with grit. Yet Kolkata’s hopes flickered early, fading long before the final overs arrived.

IPL 2026 Match 5: KKR vs SRH Player Ratings

KKR Player Ratings vs SRH

1. Travis Head – 8.5/10
A blistering start unfolded during the opening overs. Off just 21 balls, Head slammed 46 runs, shaking KKR’s bowling right from the first over. Boundaries came easily under his touch, swinging the game firmly in SRH’s favor early.

2. Abhishek Sharma – 8.5/10.
Teaming up with Head, he turned up the heat without hesitation. Hitting 48 runs from only 21 balls, his border approached on fearless.

3. Ishan Kishan – 6/10
At Eden, his leadership shone through sharp bowling changes that held the score together. Batting didn’t go smoothly; his rhythm stayed off, ending early without momentum.

4. Nitish Kumar Reddy – 9.5/10
Few stood out like him when the lights came on. A shift began the moment he stepped up, balancing Klaasen’s fire with calm precision; 39 runs in just 24 balls shaped the momentum. He carved through the core of their lineup, two key wickets for only seventeen in an over where nothing slipped past.

5. Heinrich Klaasen – 9/10
52 runs came quietly from Klaasen, built on 35 balls, grounding what could have been just a flash at the top. Through the slower phase, he moved like someone who had seen it all before, guiding SRH past hesitation after the middle-order wobbled.

6. Aniket Verma – 5/10
Moved up the batting order to keep things moving, yet Aniket couldn’t sync with the pace of play despite easier conditions for others. Out quickly, bowled by Anukul Roy, with barely any runs added, marking a stumble as SRH dropped from 111/1 to 118/4. A chance lost, sitting amid heavy hitters, to prove he belongs when runs flow freely.

7. Salil Arora – 4.5/10
Salil Arora left quickly after scoring zero. A golden duck ended his innings, bowled by Vaibhav Arora amid chaos in the 19th over, just when runs were climbing. That wild phase nearly derailed SRH’s charge towards 230.

8. David Payne – 4/10
His opening over in the second innings bled 25 runs, Finn Allen carved out two boundaries and cleared the ropes thrice. Still, come his next spell, some grip returned; he closed with 0/35 across two overs. No wickets shown besides his name, worst economy of the match too.

9. Shivang Kumar – 7.5/10
Though he gave away 41 runs without taking a wicket across four overs, those numbers hide what really happened. Instead of backing off, Shivang kept lofting the ball high even as Rinku Singh smashed everything. That bold choice built tension until a miscommunication erupted between Rinku and Angkrish Raghuvanshi, ending in a crucial run-out. Brief though it was, his two-ball bat turn brought four more off the edge.

10. Jaydev Unadkat –
Finished things off like few others could. Jaydev Unadkat stood tall when it mattered, 3/21. His touch under pressure made the difference, cutting short KKR’s push right when they started gaining ground, Rahane gone at a vital moment. What he delivered late in the innings bordered on flawless. By the end, the best finisher with the ball took home the Purple Cap.

11. Eshan Malinga – 8/10
Pace showed up, also with wicket-taking moments. 2/14, good figure he made. Batsmen from KKR never settled, thanks to his constant shifts in line. Then came the run-out mix-up involving Cameron Green, a moment that tilted things quietly but hard.

12. Harsh Dubey – 7.5/10
Just one wicket, yes, but that wicket mattered more than any other: Finn Allen gone. When Allen started blasting, 28 quick runs lighting up the field, it was Dubey who snapped the momentum cold. A clean catch off his own bowling, sudden, precise, cutting through KKR’s charge before it could build.

KKR Players’ Ratings vs SRH:

1. Ajinkya Rahane – 2/10
His 200th match in the IPL, yet the skipper didn’t set an example up top. Just 8 runs came from ten 10, awkward and slow, weighing on those waiting to bat later. The target loomed large, making every run harder.

2. Finn Allen – 6/10
28 runs from 7 balls, every one of the first six met with a boundary. Then, gone too soon, he left KKR stranded before recovery could even start.

3. Angkrish Raghuvanshi – 8/10
A flicker of fight showed up when everything else fell apart. 52 runs in 29 balls, but silence followed each boundary. Teammates vanished whenever he looked back. Then, just bad luck struck; a mix-up sent him walking early. Hope blinked once, then dimmed again.

4. Cameron Green – 2/10
Out on two, confusion at the crease cost him dearly. Costly overs before that, then the bat let him down, this one kept fans wondering what might have been from the star batter.

5. Rinku Singh – 5/10
Finding the middle of the bat didn’t come easy, even though he swung with intent. Slower deliveries kept him guessing, breaking his rhythm just enough. 35 runs in 25 balls isn’t empty noise, yet it dragged when runs were needed fast. Chasing 227 made every delay costly, and momentum slipped away between gaps.

6. Anukul Roy – 6.5/10
While most KKR bowlers struggled to contain, his left-arm spin carved out moments of tight play. Even as runs flowed at nearly 11 per over, he held firm: two overs, only 16 given up, one wicket taken. Just when Hyderabad tried stitching things back together post-collapse, he struck Aniket Verma gone, caught low behind off Nitish Reddy’s bowling. With the bat, he was gone, first ball, glove meeting edge, trapped by Ishan Kishan, deepening KKR’s mid-innings stumble.

7. Ramandeep Singh – 4.5/10
Into the thick of things at 139/6, Ramandeep failed to summon his usual closing strength from first-class games. Off 9 balls, he scraped together 10 runs.

8. Vaibhav Arora – 6/10
Bowling during crunch moments brought both pressure and opportunity – his figures ended at 2/47 across 4 overs. Late in the innings, he found rhythm just when it mattered most: two key batters went off back-to-back balls. Out went Nitish Kumar Reddy, then Salil Arora, halting what could’ve been a much bigger score nearing 230.

9. Sunil Narine – 4/10
Sunil Narine didn’t deliver. His four overs brought nothing but 39 runs, no wickets. Usually tight during the middle stretch, this time he offered width, pace, room, everything an aggressor likes. Because of that slack, Klaasen slipped into gear without stutter. A short innings with the bat followed: 12 off 4, two big hits over the rope.

10.Karik Tyagi – 3/10
A shaky start spelled trouble for the young fast bowler facing his old team. Right off the bat, Travis Head targeted him, rattling his confidence. Rhythm slipped away – and stayed gone. 1/48, not kind on the eyes. Still, he found one breakthrough, getting Ishan Kishan out.

11. Blessing Muzarabani – 8/10
Fighting through the heavy run flow, Muzarabani held firm. With figures of 4 for 41, he stopped the innings from drifting past 240.

12. Varun Chakravarthy – 1/10
Hit hard by Abhishek Sharma, who didn’t ease up once. Thirty-one runs leaked across two overs, no wickets to show. His flow vanished early.