Eden Gardens Goes Quiet as Sunrisers Smash KKR by 65 Runs


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Eden Gardens Goes Quiet as Sunrisers Smash KKR by 65 Runs

Kolkata's fortress fell on Thursday night. Sunrisers Hyderabad rocked up to Eden Gardens and dismantled the Knight Riders by 65 runs in their 2026 IPL opener — and it wasn't nearly as close as the margin suggests.

SRH batted first and put up a total so large that KKR's chase felt over before it started. Ishan Kishan got things moving at the top, but it was the middle-order carnage that did the real damage, pushing the visitors to a score that was simply out of Kolkata's reach.

KKR's reply never clicked. The scoreboard pressure mounted quickly, wickets fell at the wrong moments, and Rahane's side eventually folded well short — leaving serious questions about their batting lineup and bowling resources heading into the rest of the tournament. SRH, meanwhile, leave Kolkata with a huge boost to both their confidence and net run rate.

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What the pre-match predictions got right — and wrong

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The pitch played exactly as expected: high-scoring, batter-friendly, and unforgiving to any bowler who strayed. But a few key calls missed the mark.

The big one was spin. KKR's Narine and Chakravarthy were tipped to strangle SRH's middle order — it didn't happen. When a team posts 220-plus, even the best spinners struggle, because the batting side can take liberties they normally wouldn't.

KKR's missing pace was always going to hurt, and it did. Without Pathirana and Green with the ball, there was no one to take early wickets and put SRH under pressure. Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen had the time and space to get set — and once those two are settled, runs come in a hurry.

Finn Allen was flagged as a potential match-winner for Kolkata. He has the talent, but Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat — written off by many before the game — used the heat and slower-ball variations cleverly to keep him quiet.

The one prediction that landed perfectly: once SRH posted a monster score, KKR were always going to crack under the required run rate. That's exactly what happened. Risky shots, tumbling wickets, and a 65-run defeat.


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