New Delhi. The first qualifier match of IPL 2024 was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders (SRH vs KKR). Kolkata has entered the finals by registering a spectacular victory in this match. Sunrisers Hyderabad, who came to bat first, could not even play the full 20 overs. He lost the first 4 wickets very quickly. While chasing, KKR achieved the target of 160 runs very easily.
In the match, Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first. Travis Head, who wreaked havoc throughout the season, scored 0 runs in 2 balls, while Abhishek scored only 3 runs in 4 balls. The condition of Sunrisers Hyderabad was very bad in this match. He has lost his 4 wickets in 6 overs. Nitish Reddy and Shahbaz Ahmed also got out cheaply. Reddy scored 9 runs in 10 balls while Shahbaz was out after scoring 0 runs in 1 balls. Rahul Tripathi scored 55 runs for the team. Heinrich Klaasen scored 32 runs while Pat Cummins played an inning of 30 runs. In this way Hyderabad scored 159 runs in 19.3 overs.
Now it was Kolkata Knight Riders' turn to achieve the target. KKR had a great start. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who came to open, gave a great start and played an inning of 23 runs in 14 balls. Sunil Narine could not do anything special in the match. Venkatesh Iyer played a brilliant inning of 51 runs, while his supporting captain Shreyas Iyer also scored 58 runs. Hyderabad's bowling was poor in the match. Only Pat Cummins and T Natarajan got 1-1 wicket.
With this victory, Kolkata Knight Riders have reached the finals. Even though Hyderabad team has lost, they will get another chance. On Wednesday, May 22, the teams of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals will face each other in the eliminator match. Whoever wins this match will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2. At the same time, the losing team will be out of IPL 2024. Now it remains to be seen which team will face Hyderabad.
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first published : May 21, 2024, 10:46 PM IST
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