The Australian was however send back by Morne Morkel in the 15th over. The bowler then went on to remove Ravi Bopara for 2 to halt SRH's progress.
After being put in to bat, SRH openers David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan got off to a blazing start and added 130 runs for the opening wicket in 14.2 overs.
Skipper Warner was the aggressor and tonked 91 runs off just 55 balls with the help of nine fours and four sixes.
Shikhar Dhawan struggled to middle the ball throughout his innings, but managed to score 54 off 46 balls before falling to Andre Russell in the 19th over.
Morne Morkel was the pick of the bowlers for KKR as the big South African finished with 4-0-31-2. SRH managed to score 176 for 4 despite a blazing start.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a tidy spell of 4-0-24-1 and his five-run ninth over titled the game in SRH's favour.
Robin Uthappa played a good hand of 34 off 21 balls but perished to Moises Henriques in the sixth over with KKR on 49.
In chase, KKR lost their skipper Gautam Gambhir early for just four runs in the fourth over to Praveen Kumar.
After a lengthy rain interruption, KKR were set a revised target of 118 in 12 overs.
Manish Pandey tried his level best with an unbeaten 33 off 24 balls but SRH won the game by 16 runs (D/L Method).