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Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders Betting Preview, Odds & Predictions

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 01 May 2026

Simon Lewis 01 May 2026

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Sunrisers Hyderabad have been in dominant form, winning their last five matches by convincing margins.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ horror run of five defeats has ended with back-to-back wins.
Explore betting opportunities in handicaps, batters to Score Over/Under Runs, bowlers to Take Over/Under Wickets markets and Match Sixes.

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Heinrich Klaasen has scored consistently in this IPL season (Getty Images).

This Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders prediction preview looks ahead to the IPL group match played in India. Sunrisers are just one point behind log-leaders the Punjab Kings, although they have played an extra match. The Knight Riders have risen off the bottom of the table with back-to-back wins to put them in 8th place.

Match Details
Recent Form
Head-to-Head Record
Team News
Key Stats
Match Analysis
Betting Markets to Watch
Latest Odds

A win for either side in this clash could move the Sunrisers to the top of the table, while the Knight Riders could move up to 6th place.

Match Details

Match	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Competition	Indian Premier League
Date	3 May 2026
Time	16:00 SAST
Venue	Hyderabad, India

Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches
Sunrisers Hyderabad	WWWWW
Kolkata Knight Riders	LLLWW

The Sunrisers are on a hot streak and are looking unbeatable, while the Knight Riders ended their losing streak with a superb win over the high-flying Rajasthan Royals before following that up with a Super Over win over the Lucknow Super Giants.

Head-to-Head Record

Season	Winner	Margin of victory	Competition
2026	Sunrisers Hyderabad	65 runs	IPL
2025	Sunrisers Hyderabad	110 runs	IPL
2025	Kolkata Knight Riders	80 runs	IPL
2024	Kolkata Knight Riders	8 wickets	IPL
2024	Kolkata Knight Riders	8 wickets	IPL

The Knight Riders lead the head-to-head wins by a count of 20-11, but the Sunrisers look primed to take a third win on the bounce, on the back of a 65-run win in their recent group match.

Team News

Sunrisers Hyderabad: The Sunrisers are a team performing at optimum level now that Pat Cummins is fit and firing and Travis Head has found his groove with the bat.

Possible XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga.

Kolkata Knight Riders: The Knight Riders’ recent upturn does not disguise the lack of consistent runs from key players Ajinkya Rahane and Tim Seifert (back-to-back ducks). The poor form of Finn Allen which led to him being dropped has also been a blow to a side with plenty of firepower if they can get their sights lined up.

Possible XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Tim Seifert, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi Impact Subs: Varun Chakravarthy, Manish Pandey.

Key Stats

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma has scored 59, 135*, 57 & 45 in his last 4 innings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Heinrich Klaasen has scored 31, 52, 62, 39, 40, 59, 37*, 29 & 65* in his 9 innings in the IPL this season at an average of 59.1.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Eshan Malinga has figures of 2/31, 3/29, 4/32, 2/38 & 1/29 in his last 5 matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Rinku Singh scored 53* & 83* in his last 2 innings.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Cameron Green has scored 32*, 79, 27 & 34 in his last 5 knocks.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakravarthy has taken 2/34, 3/14 & 2/33 in his last 4 matches.

Match Analysis

The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad, is a batter’s paradise, so we should be in for two big scores if both top-orders live up to their potential.

The last match at the ground saw the Sunrisers beat Delhi Capitals by 47 runs after posting an imposing score of 242/2, with Abhishek Sharma smashing 10 fours and 10 sixes in his 68-ball 135*. The Capitals were restricted to 195/9 off their 20 overs. Eshan Malinga again starred with the ball, taking 4/32 with support from Harsh Dubey (3/12).

The match served up 26 sixes, with batters being encouraged to go big to take advantage of the short, square boundaries that ensures mistimed shots often clear the ropes. The outfield is also quick, all of which has resulted in plenty of 200-plus scores in the IPL.

The pacemen have the chance to draw some swing out of the new ball for the first few overs and for as long as the fielding side can maintain some shine on the ball, which is no easy task. There’s little in the pitch for the spin bowlers, so their mandate is usually damage limitation, and avoiding pitching anything short.

Betting Markets to Watch

Result

This should be a cakewalk for the Sunrisers so I’m backing them to pick up another win. That said, the Knight Riders pulled off a great win over the Rajasthan Royals, and with tempting odds on a KKR win some might want to throw their hat in their ring.

Best Knight Riders Batter

Rinku Singh has scored 53* & 83* in his last two innings and is the top-performing KKR batter in the last two matches, both of which ended in wins for the Knight Riders.

Score Over/Under Runs

Ajinkya Rahane has scored just 28, 0, 0 & 10 in his last four innings and is a good bet to score 24 runs or less in this match. Heinrich Klaasen is 2nd on the IPL runs list with 414 runs (ave 59.1) and hasn’t scored less than 29 this season, so he’s worth backing to score 35 runs or more in this match.

Latest Odds

Market	Odds
Sunrisers Hyderabad Win	1.49
Kolkata Knight Riders Win	2.45
Match to go to a Super Over	29.00

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Verdict

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders

Sunrisers Hyderabad are backed to take the win, with Heinrich Klaasen backed to score over 34.5 runs.

Ajinkya Rahane is backed to score under 25 runs, while Rinku Singh is my pick to top-score for the Knight Riders.

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