Jaydev Unadkat claims three-fer against KKR in IPL 2026: Stats
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) registered their first victory in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season, defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by a whopping 65 runs.
The match took place at Eden Gardens on Thursday. Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat was the star of the show with his impressive bowling figures of 3-21, leading SRH to bowl out KKR for just 161 runs in 16 overs.
KKR collapse after Allen's explosive start
SRH set a daunting target of 227 runs, the highest total in this year's tournament so far. Heinrich Klaasen (52) and Abhishek Sharma (48) were the top scorers for SRH. KKR's Blessing Muzarabani was the standout bowler with figures of 4-41. Despite Finn Allen's explosive start with 28 off seven balls, KKR couldn't keep up with the required run rate and lost wickets at regular intervals. Angriksh Raghuvanshi scored a fifty but that was it from KKR.
3 scalps for Unadkat
Unadkat was brought in to bowl the 5th over and after conceding 10 runs, he dismissed Ajinkya Rahane. He bowled the 8th over next and conceded 9 runs. In the 16th over, Undakat wrapped up SRH's win. he gave away just 2 runs and picked two wickets. Unadkat removed Kartik Tyagi and Varun Chakaravarthy as SRH secured their first win of IPL 2026 season.
Unadkat gets to 114 IPL scalps
Unadkat has now got to 114 IPL scalps from 114 matches at 29.94. As per ESPNcricinfo, 23 of his IPL scalps have come from 20 matches for SRH at 23.65. Versus KKR, the left-arm pacer owns 13 wickets from 15 games at 31.38. Overall in 20 overs cricket, he has raced to 261 scalps from 215 matches at 23.26 (ER: 7.95).
Unadkat dismisses Ajinkya Rahane for 5th time (IPL)
Rahane managed a 10-ball 8. He was dismissed by Unadkat. As per ESPNcricinfo, across 7 IPL innings, left-arm pacer Unadkat has now dismissed Rahane 5 times. Rahane has scored 36 runs off Undakat from 36 balls, striking at just 100. He has faced 18 dot balls and averages a dismal 7.20. Overall in 20 overs cricket, Rahane owns 38 runs off 41 balls against Undakat. His average is 7.6 (SR: 92.68).