Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins has won the toss and opted to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their IPL 2026 clash at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

SRH have made two changes to their playing XI, bringing in Harshal Patel and giving a debut cap to Ravichandran Smaran. They replace Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harsh Dubey. KKR have also made two changes with Finn Allen replacing Tim Seifert and Manish Pandey coming in for Ramandeep Singh.