IPL 2026 KKR vs SRH Live Streaming: How to watch Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad live in India, US, UK and Canada

Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad will resume their IPL 2026 campaigns under mounting pressure when they meet at Eden Gardens on Thursday, April 2, in a contest that pits two batting-heavy line-ups against two bowling attacks still searching for cohesion. The 7:30 PM IST start (toss at 7:00 PM IST) opens a pivotal seven-day home stretch for KKR, who will play three fixtures in Kolkata before a month-long break forced by local assembly polls.

Eden Gardens has long been a stronghold for the Knight Riders, who have won 54 of their 95 matches at the venue, but the franchise enters this encounter with its attack depleted. Injuries to Harshit Rana and Akash Deep, the unavailability of Matheesha Pathirana, and Cameron Green’s restriction to batting duties have left captain Ajinkya Rahane short of options. The problem was laid bare in the season opener when KKR could not defend 220 against Mumbai Indians, leaking a 148-run opening stand. Spin, normally a KKR trump card, also misfired: Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy combined for expensive figures and no wickets for the latter.

Sunrisers Hyderabad arrive in similar straits after falling to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Ishan Kishan’s top order—featuring the explosive pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head—flashes promise, yet Pat Cummins’ absence has thinned an already inexperienced attack. Several bowlers leaked runs in the first match, and another off-night against KKR’s deep batting order could prove costly.

Broadcast and streaming details India: Star Sports Network on television; JioHotstar app for live streaming. United States & Canada: Willow TV on television; all 74 matches available live via the Willow TV app, accessible through Fubo and Sling TV. United Kingdom: Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event on TV; streaming via Sky Go or NOW TV for non-Sky subscribers.

Full squads Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh (vc), Finn Allen, Tejasvi Dahiya, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sarthak Ranjan, Tim Seifert, Rahul Tripathi, Daksh Kamra, Cameron Green, Sunil Narine, Rachin Ravindra, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Saurabh Dubey, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani, Navdeep Saini, Prashant Solanki, Umran Malik.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Salil Arora, Shivang Kumar, Omkar Tarmale, Krains Fuletra, Praful Hinge, Amit Kumar, Sakib Hussain, Jack Edwards, Pat Cummins.