Rahane became the 11th player to reach this milestone but was dismissed after facing 10 balls, falling to Jayden Unadkat by playing a shot that yielded no runs.

Rahane ranks as the ninth-highest run-scorer in IPL history, accumulating 5,107 runs in 185 innings at an average of 30.58 and a strike rate of 125.32. His record includes two centuries and 34 half-centuries, with a highest score of 105 not out. This season, he has scored 598 runs in 22 matches and 21 innings at an average of 29.90 and a strike rate exceeding 135, including four half-centuries and a best score of 67.

In the match, KKR chose to bowl first. Sunrisers Hyderabad were initially propelled by a 46-run contribution from Travis Head off 21 balls, including six fours and three sixes, and 48 runs from Abhishek in 21 balls with four boundaries and four sixes. The innings later encountered a setback, slipping to 118 for four wickets.

Heinrich Klaasen scored 52 runs from 35 balls, hitting four boundaries and one six, while Nitish Kumar Reddy contributed 39 runs in 24 balls with four boundaries and one six. Their partnership of 82 runs for the fifth wicket took SRH to a total of 226 for eight in 20 overs.

Blessing Muzarabani was the leading bowler for KKR, taking four wickets for 41 runs. Vaibhav Arora claimed two wickets for 47 runs, while Kartik Tyagi and Anukul Roy took one wicket each, conceding 48 and 16 runs respectively.