KKR vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2026: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi seal dominant seven-wicket win over SRH

Shivang Kumar to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! A slider this time from Shivang Kumar, around off, Ajinkya Rahane rocks back and looks to play the square cut. Gets an outside edge and the ball flies through the vacant first slip area for a boundary towards the third man region. 

Shivang Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Floated around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi rocks back inside the crease and pulls this to long on for one.

The left-arm wrist spinner, Shivang Kumar comes into the attack. 

Eshan Malinga to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Full and on the pads, Angkrish Raghuvanshi tucks this towards deep square leg for a single to close the Powerplay. Both teams have cancelled each other out after the first 6 overs as SRH were also 71 for 1.

Eshan Malinga to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, WIDE! Full and wide down the leg side, Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes for a flick again but misses out. Wided. 

Eshan Malinga to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! Dispatched for a biggie. On a length, around middle and leg, Angkrish Raghuvanshi steps across the stumps and picks this up with a flick and deposits this 10 rows back into the crowd towards the fine leg region. 

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, Slower one, full and on middle and leg, Ajinkya Rahane flicks this through mid-wicket for one run. 

Eshan Malinga to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Hard length, on middle and leg, Angkrish Raghuvanshi tucks this to the right of Aniket Verma at mid-wicket and takes a quick run. The throw does come from the fielder towards the non-striker's end, but Verma misses by a long distance. Raghuvanshi was in anyway.

Eshan Malinga to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, On a length, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi presses onto his front foot and taps this to mid off. 

Eshan Malinga to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! Good length, on middle and leg, Angkrish Raghuvanshi stands tall and just brings his wrists into the action. Gives his wrists a flick, and the ball has sailed over the fence towards the deep square leg region.

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Gets it through! A little bit short, on off, Rahane lets the ball come to him and punches it away neatly between point and cover-point to pick up a boundary.

Abhishek Sharma to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Around leg, on a length. Angkrish nurdles it behind square leg and crosses over.

Abhishek Sharma to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Short and on off, Raghuvanshi cuts but can't beat point.

Abhishek Sharma to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, A bit short, on off, punched with sweet timing but straight to cover.

Abhishek Sharma to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, On a length and on middle, Raghuvanshi looks to force the drive away but gets it off the inner half to mid-wicket.

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, Full and on leg, Rahane clips it wide of mid on to his right and takes a single. The 50 is up for KKR!

Angkrish Raghuvanshi walks out at 3 for KKR. Abhishek Sharma comes on for his second over of the evening. 

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, OUT! CAUGHT! Pat Cummins has the last laugh, but the damage has been done. Not the best of balls by Cummins, full and angled into the pads. Allen plays it a bit too early as he tries to go aerial on the leg side by using his wrists. His weight stays on the back foot, and he ends up chipping it down the throat of Heinrich Klaasen at deep mid-wicket, who runs in and does the rest. KKR are 49/1, chasing 166. 27 runs off the 4th over.

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, FOUR! In the gap! Into the surface, over middle. Allen gets on top of the bounce and pulls it all along the ground between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket for another boundary.

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, FOUR! Up and over! Allen is winning this Trans-Tasman battle. Pitched up by Cummins, right in the slot, on off, Allen collapses his back knee and pumps it over mid off for four more.

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, SIX! Wow, that sounded so sweet. Cummins bends his back and bangs it in short, over off. Finn stands tall and gets his hands through the ball to play the pull off the front foot. Parks it into the stands beyond the deep square leg fence.

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, Fuller and on middle. Allen throws his hands at the ball but the bat turns in his hand. It goes off the inner half to the right of long on for a brace.

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, SIX! Just over! A bit short, on middle. It comes at waist height and Allen swings across for the pull. Eshan Malinga at deep square leg moves to his left and leaps but the ball sails over his head.

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, FIVE WIDES! That has beaten everyone! Premeditation on the part of Finn Allen as he walks across for the scoop. Cummins sprays it beyond the tramline on off, on a good length. Allen tries to angle the bat face and direct the ramp past short third but misses. Ishan Kishan dives to his right but fails to lay a hand on it and the ball races away into the fence.

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, Slower yorker at 109.2 kph, on middle. Rahane backs away to open up the off side. He adjusts by getting his bat down and slicing it between point and cover-point with an open bat face. Heinrich Klaasen gives it a chase and hauls it in. Two runs taken.

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, This is on top of off at 142.3 kph, Ajinkya punches it to cover. There is a slight misfield and the batters think about the single but the fielder is quick to recover and mop it up.

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, Better line this time by Malinga, on middle and the length stays full. Ajinkya Rahane goes hard at the ball and loses his shape. He mishits it off the inner half to mid-wicket.

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, SIX! Picked up and it goes all the way! Malinga errs in line as he slides onto the pads with a full ball. Rahane does not miss out as he picks it up off the pads over long leg for a six.

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, Even fuller now, on the off stump. Rahane firms the drive along the ground to mid off.

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, Right on the money! Full and straight, attacking the stumps. Rahane taps it back to the bowler with a straight bat.

Will there be a second go for Abhishek Sharma, or will Pat call Eshan Malinga into the attack? The pick of the SRH bowlers till this point in the season, Eshan Malinga, has been called into the action. 

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, FOUR! Swatted away! Fractionally short, angled in at the hips by Cummins. Allen swivels on the back foot and swipes it away to the left of the man at deep backward square leg. One bounce and over the ropes.

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, Was there an edge? Ishan Kishan has heard something, but Pat Cummins does not go up in an appeal. He eventually opts against the review. In the channel, on a hard length, outside off. Allen tries to force it away on the off side but the ball zips past the outside edge. There was no edge, confirmed by the UltraEdge.

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, Keeps it nice and tight, a cross-seam ball, on a short of a length, on top of off. Allen punches it straight to mid off.

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, Keeps on that back of a length, on off. Finn stands tall and pats it to the man at a catching cover.

Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, Hits the back of a length, over middle. Rahane gets on his toes and glances it to deep fine leg for a run.

Pat Cummins to Finn Allen, Full and attacking the front pad, Allen brings his bat out in front and knocks it to long on for a single.

A tidy start for both sides as Abhishek Sharma gives away just 8 off the first over. Pat Cummins brings himself on from the other end. 

Abhishek Sharma to Finn Allen, Sliding on with the arm, on a nagging length, on middle. This is whipped through mid-wicket for another single.

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, Shorter and on middle, that is punched off the back foot to wide mid on. Heinrich Klaasen moves to his right and tumbles to cut it off. Single taken.

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, Slows it down and this is on a length, on off. Rahane pushes it back to the left of the bowler. Abhishek is quick across the turf and cuts down the single.

Abhishek Sharma to Finn Allen, Drifting down leg, on a length. Allen flicks it off the back foot to deep mid-wicket. A slight fumble in the deep by Harshal Patel but that does not cost SRH any extra runs. Just a single.

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, Very full, on the off stump. Ajinkya jams it out to long off and turns the strike over.

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Rahane and KKR are on their way. Sharma looks to toss it up but serves a floated full toss, on the pads. Rahane presses forward and flicks it between mid-wicket and mid on for a boundary to get going.

Vaibhav Arora is substituted by Finn Allen

We are back with the chase. An interesting call from Pat Cummins as he has decided to open the bowling with Abhishek Sharma. Finn Allen walks in as an impact substitute and has walked out to open with Ajinkya Rahane for KKR. Rahane will take strike. Let's go...

... The Run Chase ...

A fighting chance for the bowlers - While 166 is not a daunting target in modern-day T20s, the grip and turn extracted by the KKR spinners suggest SRH are not out of this hunt just yet. To defend this, the home side must strike early and keep things airtight during the Powerplay. The second innings will likely hinge on whether Shivang Kumar can replicate the KKR spinners' success and if Harshal’s clever variations can deceive the batters on this slowing surface. Another dilemma for SRH skipper Pat Cummins would be who to bring in as his impact player. If things had gone differently, maybe he would have gone straightaway for Sakib Hussain, but the deck was offering something to the spinner, which might force Pat Cummins to think about bringing in Harsh Dubey as well. It’s a modest chase, but on this deck, KKR will have to work for every run.