There was no life in the batting of Sunrisers Hyderabad.Image Credit source: PTI

Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen have wreaked havoc in IPL 2026. After starting this season slowly, Sunrisers have gained such momentum that it has become difficult to stop. The main reason for this was batsmen like Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, who batted stormily. Now Travis Head has also returned to form and his bat is also on fire. But despite this, this team's innings against Kolkata Knight Riders faltered badly and the team was all out for the first time in IPL 2026.

At their home ground Uppal Stadium on Sunday 3rd May Kolkata This was the condition of Sunrisers Hyderabad in front of the bowlers. In this match, the openers once again made an explosive start for Sunrisers, who were batting first. Abhishek did not last long but the head definitely batted hard. Head scored a half-century for the second consecutive match and on the basis of which the team scored 105 runs in just 9 overs.

This happened for the first time with SRH

Just on this occasion, Sunrisers' innings completely turned around and Kolkata made a strong comeback. Till the fifth ball of the 9th over, the team's score was 105 runs and only 1 wicket had fallen. But he got out on the very next ball and then the innings started faltering. Except Ishan Kishan, no batsman could last long. Ishaan was also out in the 16th over.

Ultimately, with the dismissal of Harshal Patel on the last ball of the 19th over, the entire SRH team collapsed for just 165 runs. In this way, Hyderabad lost 9 wickets for 60 runs in the next 60 balls and was all out for the first time in IPL 2026. Earlier in the current season, SRH had lost 9-9 wickets in three matches and were saved from being all out.

KKR's best bowling

Talking about the innings, for Sunrisers, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma made a partnership of 44 runs in 3.4 overs for the first wicket. In this, Abhishek had scored only 15 runs. But Head scored his second consecutive half-century in just 22 balls. As soon as Head was out, the pace of the innings slowed down. The spin pair of Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine and pacer Karthik Tyagi played a big role in this. Varun took 3 wickets, while Narine got 2 wickets. Karthik also took 2 wickets.

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