IPL 2026: Heinrich Klaasen takes Sunrisers Hyderabad to 226/8; What's KKR's highest successful chase at Eden Gardens?

A fifty from Heinrich Klaasen and knocks from Travis Head (46) and Abhishek Sharma (48) took Sunrisers Hyderabad to 226/8 in 20 overs after being put into bat by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday.

On a pitch where both captains wanted to bowl first, Head and Abhishek laid the platform with an opening stand of 82 runs off 34 balls to set up the tone. At a time when it looked like SRH would go 250-plus, it was Kartik Tyagi and Blessing Muzarabani who brought KKR back in the game.

While Tyagi got the big wicket of Head, Muzarabani opened his IPL account with two wickets in an over and that too of Kishan and Abhishek. However, it was the partnership between Klaasen (52) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (39) at the end that helped SRH past 220-run mark.

For KKR, Muzarabani (4/41), Vaibhav Arora (2/47) Kartik Tyagi (1/48) and Anukul Roy (1/16) shared the wickets.

What's the highest successful chase at Eden Gardens in IPL?

The highest successful run chase at Eden Gardens belongs to Punjab Kings, who chased down a mammoth 262 in IPL 2024. Batting first, KKR rode on Phil Salt (75) and Sunil Narine's (71) knocks to post 261/6.

In reply, Jonny Bairstow's (108) unbeaten hundred and Shashank Singh’s 28-ball 68 led Punjab Kings in record highest successful run-chase in IPL history. For KKR, their highest successful run-chase in IPL at Eden Gardens came 2015 against Punjab Kings (now Kings XI Punjab).

Batting first, Glenn Maxwell's 43 powered Punjab Kings to 183/5. In reply, Andre Russell's 21-ball 51 helped KKR chase down 184 with just a ball and one wicket to spare. Statistically, KKR have never successfully chased a 210-plus target in the previous 13 attempts in IPL.

Highest successful chase at Eden Gardens in IPL

In the end, KKR failed to chase down the total as the hosts were bundled out for 161 within 16 overs with Angkrish Raghuvanshi top-scoring with a 29-ball 52. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jaydev Unadkat (3/21) snapped three wickets, while Nitish Kumar Reddy (2/17) and Eshan Malinga (2/14) picked two wickets each. This was Sunrisers Hyderabad's first win of the season.

For KKR, the three-time champions must blame the two run outs that proved to be the turning point in the game. Following the loss, KKR languish at the bottom at ninth while Sunrisers Hyderabad rise to sixth.

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