Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 45th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player HighlightsSRH vs KKR, 45th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player Highlights

Sakib Hussain to Ajinkya Rahane, out Caught by Smaran Ravichandran!! Gone! 138.4kph, pace-on short ball. No room on offer as well. Rahane hurriedly pulls and the ball lobs up in the air off the splice of the bat. A sitter for Smaran Ravichandran at square leg and he doesn't err. The plan was to bowl short to Rahane after the strategic break and it has worked. Ajinkya Rahane c Smaran Ravichandran b Sakib Hussain 43(36) [4s-4 6s-1]

Sakib Hussain to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, short outside off, Rahane glides it to third man

Sakib Hussain to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, another dot. Slower ball into the deck at 114.9kph, Rahane gets inside the line and is early into his pull shot. Hits the glove and goes towards the keeper

Sakib Hussain to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, 116.1kph, off-cutter on a shortish length. Rahane gets cramped for room and gets hit on the glove as he awkwardly tries to fend it into the leg-side

Harshal Patel to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, pitched up delivery from wide of the crease, driven hard along the ground to long-off

Harshal Patel to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR, top-edge and four! 134.9kph, on-pace bouncer, Rahane stands tall and jumps a bit to pull. Fat edge and the ball goes to fine leg. A couple of bounces and into the fence

Harshal Patel to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, Ajinkya Rahane backs away early and exposes all his stumps. Harshal Patel bowls short and the batter fails to make contact as he slashes

Shivang Kumar to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, Rahane goes on the back foot to punch this googly to deep extra cover

Shivang Kumar to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, beaten! Wrong 'un on a length outside off, Rahane tries to late-cut and misses

Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, round the wicket to Rahane as well. Short ball and the KKR captain swivels to pull it to deep backward square leg

Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, 133.5kph, Rahane goes after this short-pitched ball with a pull shot. Hits him high on the bat and falls well short of deep backward square leg

Sakib Hussain to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, a top-edge, but the ball drops safely between mid-wicket and deep mid-wicket - short of a good length and Rahane was early into the pull

Sakib Hussain to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, driven down to long-on for a single

Sakib Hussain to Ajinkya Rahane, wide, very full and slanting down leg, past Rahane's flick and has been wided

Shivang Kumar to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, loopy delivery wide of off - Rahane squirts a thick edge on the drive over cover-point

Shivang Kumar to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, full-toss from Shivang, driven on the bounce to long-on

Harshal Patel to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, full-toss from Harshal, punched down to long-on for a single

Harshal Patel to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, on a length and at the stumps, punched down to long-on for a single

Harshal Patel to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, short of a length and into the pitch, pulled past square leg for a single

Shivang Kumar to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, flighted delivery outside off, punched down to long-off for a run

Shivang Kumar to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, tossed up on off, pushed off the back-foot to the off-side

Shivang Kumar to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, tossed up just outside off, pushed down to long-off for a single

Shivang Kumar to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR, top-edge and four, dropped short by Shivang, extra bounce though and Rahane can't control the cut, gets a thick top-edge thaty runs past the vacant slip region

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, clipped through mid-wicket for a single. Was the slower ball from Malinga

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR, nicely played, tossed up slower and just outside off - Rahane waits on it, opens the face of the bat and then threads the gap past point with precision on the drive, runs away to the ropes in a hurry

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, tossed up on the leg-stump line, eased down to long-on for a single

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, 2 runs, low full-toss from Malinga - Rahane backs away, opens the face of the bat and then pierces the gap past point, chase for the fielder and he's back for the second

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - Rahane stays back on the push to cover

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, full and on off, Rahane went hard on the drive, the bat turned on impact and he skews an inside edge to mid-wicket

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, SIX, lovely, a leg-stump half-volley and Rahane nonchalantly flicks it over deep backward square leg, used the pace on the ball and sends it over the ropes for the first maximum

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, a punchy drive, but straight to the fielder at mid-off

Eshan Malinga to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, on a good length and around off, Rahane prods across and pushes it back at the bowler

Pat Cummins to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, short and at the hips, nudged behind square on the on-side for a single

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, flighted delivery on off, Rahane wristily works it to the right of mid-on for a single

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, tossed up just outside off, driven to the left of the bowler

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, tossed up on off, driven down to long-off for a single

Abhishek Sharma to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR, that's so easy for Rahane - a juicy full-toss on the pads and it's whipped into the gap wide of mid-on, runs away to the ropes